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Flash Flood — Duplin, NC

Jul 5, 2008

A moist and unstable atmosphere in combination with an inland trough and sea-breeze front provided the ingredients for isolated strong to severe thunderstorms, which produced strong damaging winds, large hail, and flooding rains across the parts of the coastal plains of eastern North Carolina.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 111163). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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