Jun 8, 2019
An unusual long-duration event occurred June 7-11 as a very slow-moving upper trough and surface high across New England combined to produce several days of cool-air damming and persistent rainfall along the frontal boundary and in orographically favored areas of the Blue Ridge. Rainfall was focused over western Franklin and eastern Floyd counties where rain gauges showed 3 to 4.5 inches in the 24-hour period ending at 0800 EDT on June 8th. The rain continued much of the 8th with an additional 2
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 836374). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Franklin County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.