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Flash Flood — Henderson, NC

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 544978). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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