Oct 14, 2014
Widespread rain, along with multiple embedded lines of showers and low-topped thunderstorms developed across Western North Carolina throughout the 14th within a highly sheared, weakly unstable air mass ahead of a cold front. A brief, weak tornado occurred across the foothills, while some localized flash flooding occurred near the Blue Ridge. Isolated wind damage was also reported.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 544977). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Yancey County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.