Aug 10, 2013
The thunderstorms that developed in far southern Virginia during the late evening hours of the 9th propagated into far northwest North Carolina after midnight and continued into the early morning hours of the 10th. This resulted in rainfall of two to three inches in a couple of hours. The ground in this mountainous region of northwest North Carolina was very saturated from excessive rainfall all summer.||During the late morning into the early afternoon, thunderstorms redeveloped in southwest V
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 475015). 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.