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Flash Flood — New Hanover, NC

Sep 16, 2024

Potential Tropical Cyclone #8 located off the SC coast was classified by the National Hurricane Center on September 15 and a Tropical Storm Warning was issued for the entire coast of southeast NC and northeast SC at that time. The system slowly moved toward the coast but never became organized enough to be classified as a tropical (or subtropical) cyclone, eventually moving inland around the NC/SC border on September 16. The system brought historic rainfall amounts and extensive flash flooding t

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1211930). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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