Apr 17, 2013
Weak upper level ridging persisted across the area on the 17th. A shortwave had moved through the area the previous day, and the remnants of a mesoscale convective system (MCS) that moved through West Virginia as a result had worked its way south-southwest into eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina during the day on the 17th. With surface flow to the southwest and flow aloft to the northeast, the storms that developed along the outflow from the remnant MCS moved very little. Thundersto
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 446268). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Union County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.