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North Carolina Flood Stories

2,548 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

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New Hanover, NC · Oct 2, 2015

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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New Hanover, NC · Oct 2, 2015

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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New Hanover, NC · Oct 2, 2015

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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New Hanover, NC · Oct 2, 2015

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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Brunswick, NC · Oct 2, 2015

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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Columbus, NC · Oct 2, 2015

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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Columbus, NC · Oct 2, 2015

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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Brunswick, NC · Oct 2, 2015

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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Brunswick, NC · Oct 3, 2015

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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New Hanover, NC · Oct 4, 2015

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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New Hanover, NC · Oct 4, 2015

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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New Hanover, NC · Oct 4, 2015

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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Rockingham, NC · Oct 3, 2015

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.

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Watauga, NC · Oct 3, 2015

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.

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Ashe, NC · Oct 3, 2015

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.

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Brunswick, NC · Oct 3, 2015

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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New Hanover, NC · Oct 2, 2015

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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New Hanover, NC · Oct 2, 2015

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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Henderson, NC · Nov 18, 2015

Moisture overspreading a warm front resulted in rain falling across the western Carolinas through much of the 18th into the early 19th. The rain became heavy at times during the afternoon and evening of the 18th.

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Transylvania, NC · Nov 18, 2015

Moisture overspreading a warm front resulted in rain falling across the western Carolinas through much of the 18th into the early 19th. The rain became heavy at times during the afternoon and evening of the 18th.

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Ashe, NC · Dec 2, 2015

December began amidst an ongoing hydrologic event as a slow-moving upper level low over the midsection of the CONUS and associated warm and then cold fronts produced widespread moderate to heavy rainfall.

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Caswell, NC · Sep 28, 2015

An unusual weather pattern became established around the 25th with very strong high pressure building across New England and low pressure over the southeastern U.S. combining to bring strong easterly flow into the southern Mid-Atlantic along with abundant moisture.

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Rockingham, NC · Sep 29, 2015

An unusual weather pattern became established around the 25th with very strong high pressure building across New England and low pressure over the southeastern U.S. combining to bring strong easterly flow into the southern Mid-Atlantic along with abundant moisture.

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Stokes, NC · Sep 29, 2015

An unusual weather pattern became established around the 25th with very strong high pressure building across New England and low pressure over the southeastern U.S. combining to bring strong easterly flow into the southern Mid-Atlantic along with abundant moisture.

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