Aug 6, 2025
Within cool northeasterly surface flow, several upper-level disturbances tracked across central North Carolina from a persistent weak trough of low pressure over the Ohio Valley region. Copious amounts of moisture remained from the 5th of August. A wedge front was also in place along Interstate 95. Several reports of flash flooding were reported over the eastern Piedmont and northern Coastal Plain, including two fatalities in Nash County.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1280452). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Nash County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.