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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.

Tropical Storm$500K damage

Nash, NC · Sep 6, 2019

Hurricane Dorian moved north and northeastward near and along the coast of North Carolina on September 5th and 6th, with Dorian making landfall along the Outer Banks of North Carolina during the morning of September 6th.

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Tropical Storm$500K damage

Scotland, NC · Sep 5, 2019

Hurricane Dorian moved north and northeastward near and along the coast of North Carolina on September 5th and 6th, with Dorian making landfall along the Outer Banks of North Carolina during the morning of September 6th.

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Tropical Storm$500K damage

Harnett, NC · Sep 5, 2019

Hurricane Dorian moved north and northeastward near and along the coast of North Carolina on September 5th and 6th, with Dorian making landfall along the Outer Banks of North Carolina during the morning of September 6th.

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Flood$1.1M damage

Alamance, NC · Sep 17, 2018

A ridge of high pressure over eastern North America stalled Florence's forward motion a few miles off the southeast North Carolina coast on September 13th.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Avery, NC · Aug 17, 2021

Tropical Storm Fred made landfall in the Florida Panhandle on the 16th and lifted steadily north through Georgia and into the southern Appalachians during the 16th and throughout the 17th.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Henderson, NC · Aug 17, 2021

Tropical Storm Fred made landfall in the Florida Panhandle on the 16th and lifted steadily north through Georgia and into the southern Appalachians during the 16th and throughout the 17th.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Henderson, NC · Oct 7, 2021

A slow moving area of upper level low pressure over the Mid-Mississippi Valley pumped semi-tropical weather into the western Carolinas for a couple of days, resulting in occasional rounds of moderate to heavy in the day leading up to the 7th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Moore, NC · Aug 8, 2024

Tropical Depression Debby slowly made its way through Florida, off the South Carolina coast, then back inland through the western Piedmont of North Carolina during the evening hours of 8 August 2024.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Harnett, NC · Aug 8, 2024

Tropical Depression Debby slowly made its way through Florida, off the South Carolina coast, then back inland through the western Piedmont of North Carolina during the evening hours of 8 August 2024.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Harnett, NC · Aug 8, 2024

Tropical Depression Debby slowly made its way through Florida, off the South Carolina coast, then back inland through the western Piedmont of North Carolina during the evening hours of 8 August 2024.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Scotland, NC · Aug 8, 2024

Tropical Depression Debby slowly made its way through Florida, off the South Carolina coast, then back inland through the western Piedmont of North Carolina during the evening hours of 8 August 2024.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Scotland, NC · Aug 8, 2024

Tropical Depression Debby slowly made its way through Florida, off the South Carolina coast, then back inland through the western Piedmont of North Carolina during the evening hours of 8 August 2024.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Cumberland, NC · Aug 8, 2024

Tropical Depression Debby slowly made its way through Florida, off the South Carolina coast, then back inland through the western Piedmont of North Carolina during the evening hours of 8 August 2024.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Swain, NC · Sep 27, 2024

Tropical Cyclone Helene began organizing over the western Caribbean on the 23rd and 24th of September before rapidly intensifying as it moved north through the eastern Gulf of Mexico on the 25th and 26th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Cabarrus, NC · Sep 27, 2024

Tropical Cyclone Helene began organizing over the western Caribbean on the 23rd and 24th of September before rapidly intensifying as it moved north through the eastern Gulf of Mexico on the 25th and 26th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Henderson, NC · Sep 26, 2024

Tropical Cyclone Helene began organizing over the western Caribbean on the 23rd and 24th of September before rapidly intensifying as it moved north through the eastern Gulf of Mexico on the 25th and 26th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

McDowell, NC · Sep 25, 2024

Tropical Cyclone Helene began organizing over the western Caribbean on the 23rd and 24th of September before rapidly intensifying as it moved north through the eastern Gulf of Mexico on the 25th and 26th.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Brunswick, NC · Sep 16, 2024

Potential Tropical Cyclone #8 located off the SC coast was classified by the National Hurricane Center on September 15 and a Tropical Storm Warning was issued for the entire coast of southeast NC and northeast SC at that time.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Brunswick, NC · Sep 16, 2024

Potential Tropical Cyclone #8 located off the SC coast was classified by the National Hurricane Center on September 15 and a Tropical Storm Warning was issued for the entire coast of southeast NC and northeast SC at that time.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Brunswick, NC · Sep 16, 2024

Potential Tropical Cyclone #8 located off the SC coast was classified by the National Hurricane Center on September 15 and a Tropical Storm Warning was issued for the entire coast of southeast NC and northeast SC at that time.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Brunswick, NC · Sep 16, 2024

Potential Tropical Cyclone #8 located off the SC coast was classified by the National Hurricane Center on September 15 and a Tropical Storm Warning was issued for the entire coast of southeast NC and northeast SC at that time.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

New Hanover, NC · Sep 16, 2024

Potential Tropical Cyclone #8 located off the SC coast was classified by the National Hurricane Center on September 15 and a Tropical Storm Warning was issued for the entire coast of southeast NC and northeast SC at that time.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Columbus, NC · Sep 16, 2024

Potential Tropical Cyclone #8 located off the SC coast was classified by the National Hurricane Center on September 15 and a Tropical Storm Warning was issued for the entire coast of southeast NC and northeast SC at that time.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Brunswick, NC · Sep 16, 2024

Potential Tropical Cyclone #8 located off the SC coast was classified by the National Hurricane Center on September 15 and a Tropical Storm Warning was issued for the entire coast of southeast NC and northeast SC at that time.

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