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Flood — Union, NC

Nov 19, 2015

Moisture overspreading a warm front resulted in rain falling across the western Carolinas through much of the 18th into the early 19th. The rain became heavy at times during the afternoon and evening of the 18th. Rainfall totals for the event exceeded 3 inches across the southern mountains, and 2 inches across portions of the southern Piedmont (with locally higher amounts). The heavy rain, combined with high stream flow resulting from recent wet weather, resulted in minor flooding in these areas

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 609590). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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