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Flash Flood — Duplin, NC

Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th. Idalia rapidly intensified into a major hurricane before making landfall in the Florida Big Bend area as a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds near 125 mph. Idalia then continued northeast through the Southeast U.S., eventually moving off the coast of South Carolina on August 31st as a tropical storm. Idalia then turned east and passed jus

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1133990). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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