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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.

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

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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Flood$10K damage

Surry, NC · Jan 9, 2024

A deep, negatively tilted upper level trough and associated occluded front passed from the central Mississippi River Valley on January 9th toward the lower New England region by the morning of the 10th.

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Flood$10K damage

Watauga, NC · Jan 9, 2024

A deep, negatively tilted upper level trough and associated occluded front passed from the central Mississippi River Valley on January 9th toward the lower New England region by the morning of the 10th.

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Flood$10K damage

Rutherford, 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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Flood$10K damage

Transylvania, 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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Flood$10K damage

Polk, 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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Flood$10K damage

Burke, NC · Sep 28, 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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Flood$10K damage

Stokes, NC · Sep 18, 2024

A stationary front draped east to west across northern North Carolina provided the focus for training showers and thunderstorms during the evening of the 17th.

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Flood$10K damage

McDowell, 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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Flood$10K damage

Jackson, 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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Tropical Storm$1.0M damage

Lee, NC · Sep 13, 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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Tropical Storm$1.0M damage

Moore, NC · Sep 13, 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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Tropical Storm$1.0M damage

Richmond, NC · Sep 13, 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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Tropical Storm$1.0M damage

Harnett, NC · Sep 13, 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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Tropical Storm$1.0M damage

Scotland, NC · Sep 13, 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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Tropical Storm$1.0M damage

Wake, NC · Sep 13, 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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Tropical Storm$1.0M damage

Johnston, NC · Sep 13, 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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Tropical Storm$1.0M damage

Hoke, NC · Sep 13, 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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Tropical Storm$1.0M damage

Wilson, NC · Sep 13, 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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Tropical Storm$1.0M damage

Chatham, NC · Sep 13, 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

Caldwell, NC · Jun 19, 2025

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed across the North Carolina Piedmont and foothills throughout the afternoon into the evening. A few of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts.

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Flash Flood$200K damage

Swain, NC · Feb 6, 2020

Unusually high levels of moisture for early February combined with a slow-moving frontal system to produce an extended period of moderate to heavy rainfall across western North Carolina from the morning of the 5th until the early morning hours of the 7th.

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