Sep 27, 2024
Tropical Cyclone Helene began organizing over the western Caribbean on the 23rd and 24th of September before rapidly intensifying as it moved north through the eastern Gulf of Mexico on the 25th and 26th. A plume of moisture extending from the intensifying storm interacted with a slow-moving cold front to produce a band of widespread heavy rain showers and embedded scattered thunderstorms over the southern Appalachians and vicinity on the 25th and 26th, resulting in a predecessor heavy rainfall
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1218219). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Swain County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.