Will the rain ever stop? Fort Myers already 4.2″ above average for the month

Reporter: Anika Henanger
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“When will it stop?”

“Rain, Rain go away!”

Those are the mummerings of Southwest Floridians lately on social media, in the workplace and at home as rain continues to fall, day in and day out.

For the month of August, Fort Myers is currently 4.27″ above the 5.14″ average, for a total of 9.41″.

WINK News Meteorologist Zach Maloch says offshore rain will continue to move onshore through Friday afternoon.

The National Weather Service issued an Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for Southwestern Collier County until 2:30 p.m. Friday.

Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding in SW Collier. Storms continuing to back-build will lead to additional rainfall across the area with high rainfall rates.

NWS said some locations that would experience flooding include: Naples, Marco Island, Belle Meade, Marco Island Airport and Naples Manor.

Flooding issues in Cape Coral 

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