Sep 17, 2018
Hurricane Florence made landfall on the far southeast North Carolina coast on September 14th and tracked very slowly across South Carolina before slowly re-curving across far western North Carolina and southwest Virginia as Tropical Depression and on into the Ohio Valley. Multiple incidents of strong winds, flash flooding and flooding occurred with Florence. The following counties were included in a subsequent Presidential Disaster Declaration: Botetourt, Franklin, Halifax, City of Martinsville,
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 787030). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Martinsville (c) County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.