Aug 30, 2024
The cold front that was over the region on the 29th, made limited progress eastward on the 30th. This feature continued to serve as the focus for afternoon and evening shower and thunderstorm development. A few of these storms increased to severe levels causing damaging winds which downed trees. The storms were noted to have produced heavy downpours due to high rainfall rates, at times reaching 3 to 4 inches per hour which caused localized flash flooding in Ashe County.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1215019). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Ashe County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.