Sep 13, 2020
Waves of rain showers developing in the vicinity of a stationary front and in response to very moist upslope flow resulted in heavy rainfall along and near the southern Blue Ridge escarpment from the 12th into the early morning of the 13th, with as much as 4 inches of rain reported across portions of Transylvania County.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 922146). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Transylvania County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.