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Flash Flood — Ashe, NC

Sep 27, 2024

Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a powerful Category 4 hurricane late Thursday, September 26, and moved quickly northward into the southeastern states, and then turned slightly northwestward towards the southern Appalachian Mountains overnight into Friday morning, weakening as it moved over land. Helene���s intensity and fast forward motion led to impacts being felt well inland, from the Florida Big Bend area into the Appalachians, and there was extensive damage in northwest No

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1219154). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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