Sep 14, 1999
Hurricane Floyd caused the largest peace time evacuation in the nations history. He also caused massive record flooding across inland sections of eastern North Carolina. At one time Floyd was classified as a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir/Simpson scale and will likely be categorized as one of the nation's most costly hurricanes in the 20th century.Tropical Depression number eight was detected by the National Hurricane Center at 1600 EST on September 7th. The broad center was nearly 1000 m
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5717550). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lenoir County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.