Apr 19, 2019
A large area of moderate to heavy rain showers, along with embedded clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms moved slowly across western North Carolina throughout the morning and into the afternoon of the 19th ahead of a slow-moving cold front. Some of the storms produced a couple of isolated, weak tornadoes and locally damaging winds. However, the larger impact was from flash flooding resulting from a swath of 4 to 7 inches of rain that fell across portions of the mountains.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 821486). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Avery County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.