2,548 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A clusters of showers and storms moved across portions of the eastern Piedmont and Coastal Plain of central North Carolina during the late afternoon and early evening in a warm, moist and unstable atmosphere.
Read the full account →A clusters of showers and storms moved across portions of the eastern Piedmont and Coastal Plain of central North Carolina during the late afternoon and early evening in a warm, moist and unstable atmosphere.
Read the full account →Isolated thunderstorms and storm clusters developed during the afternoon across the southern Piedmont. The tendency of storms to move slowly and organize into small clusters resulted in locally very heavy rainfall, with a small area of flash flooding developing across part of…
Read the full account →A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.
Read the full account →A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.
Read the full account →Moderate to heavy rain fell near the North Carolina Blue Ridge throughout much of the 19th. Meanwhile, numerous heavy rain showers and a few thunderstorms moved across the Piedmont during the afternoon and evening in association with a warm front.
Read the full account →An upper level low and frontal boundary produced impressive rainfall in a 24-hour period ending at 12Z on the 20th. There were widespread 3 to 5 inch amounts with isolated higher totals (6���+ in Alleghany County, NC).
Read the full account →Significant rainfall occurred overnight up to 12Z (8 AM) on October 1st across parts of northwest North Carolina with 1 to 2 inches falling in Watauga and Wilkes counties.
Read the full account →Another complex area of low pressure tracked from the Gulf of Mexico to the Virginia coast November 9-10, bringing a swath of moderate to heavy rainfall across much of the area, but heaviest over the southern sections which were already fairly wet from rains the previous week.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front pushed eastward into the Appalachians/mid-Atlantic region November 18-19 bringing widespread moderate to heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Storms initiated in split upper level flow along a prefrontal trough. Mean 850 MB to 300 MB winds were near calm at the time with storm propagation mainly cold pool driven. The primary impacts from these storms were gusty winds, resulting in trees down, and heavy rain.
Read the full account →Storms initiated in split upper level flow along a prefrontal trough. Mean 850 MB to 300 MB winds were near calm at the time with storm propagation mainly cold pool driven. The primary impacts from these storms were gusty winds, resulting in trees down, and heavy rain.
Read the full account →Moderate to heavy rain fell near the North Carolina Blue Ridge throughout much of the 19th. Meanwhile, numerous heavy rain showers and a few thunderstorms moved across the Piedmont during the afternoon and evening in association with a warm front.
Read the full account →Moderate to heavy rain fell near the North Carolina Blue Ridge throughout much of the 19th. Meanwhile, numerous heavy rain showers and a few thunderstorms moved across the Piedmont during the afternoon and evening in association with a warm front.
Read the full account →An upper level low and frontal boundary produced impressive rainfall in a 24-hour period ending at 12Z on the 20th. There were widespread 3 to 5 inch amounts with isolated higher totals (6���+ in Alleghany County, NC).
Read the full account →An upper level low and frontal boundary produced impressive rainfall in a 24-hour period ending at 12Z on the 20th. There were widespread 3 to 5 inch amounts with isolated higher totals (6���+ in Alleghany County, NC).
Read the full account →An upper level low and frontal boundary produced impressive rainfall in a 24-hour period ending at 12Z on the 20th. There were widespread 3 to 5 inch amounts with isolated higher totals (6���+ in Alleghany County, NC).
Read the full account →An upper level low and frontal boundary produced impressive rainfall in a 24-hour period ending at 12Z on the 20th. There were widespread 3 to 5 inch amounts with isolated higher totals (6���+ in Alleghany County, NC).
Read the full account →A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.
Read the full account →A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.
Read the full account →A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.
Read the full account →A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.
Read the full account →A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.
Read the full account →A deep amplitude east coast upper trough closed off across the southeast states for several days while a surface front meandered across the area. Deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean continued to feed into the area.
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