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Flood — Madison, NC

Sep 16, 2004

After hours of heavy rain, gradual rises along creeks and streams culminated in flooding across the county by midnight. The first streams to flood were Spring Creek in Hot Springs and Big Pine Creek west of Marshall. By sunrise on the 17th, virtually every stream in the county had flooded. Flooding was quite severe, as most stream levels exceeded those of recent memory. Southwest of Marshall, 4 feet of water from Sandymush Creek entered the basement of a home located 100 feet north and 10 feet a

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5423317). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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