May 16, 2009
A cold front moving into the region helped trigger showers and thunderstorms across the Blue Ridge and foothills of North Carolina. The storms were slow movers and heavy rain producers. One storm brought flash flooding to the southern portions of Wilkes County during the early evening of the 16th.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 172596). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Wilkes County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.