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Tropical Storm — Anson, NC

Sep 2, 2016

Tropical Storm Hermine tracked along the Southeast United States coastline and across coastal portions of the Carolina's. Tropical Storm Hermine produced heavy rain across portions of central North Carolina. However, due to dry antecedent conditions, no flooding occurred despite rainfall amounts of up to 3 to 5 inches across southeastern portions of central North Carolina. Given the rain and gusty winds associated with Hermine there were numerous reports of trees down and wind damage and resulta

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 660119). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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