Jul 31, 2018
Deep Gulf of Mexico moisture channeling between an amplifying trough over the mid-lower MS Valley and the western Atlantic ridge led to precipitable waters increasing to to over 2.0 over the area. Upper forcing in the form of divergence aloft, within the right entrance region of an upper level jet streak that extended down the Mid-Atlantic States, combined with a south-north ribbon of elongated vorticity shear axis centered east of the southern and central Appalachians, led to the development of
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 776998). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Nash County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.