2,548 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A large area of moderate to heavy rain showers, along with embedded clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms moved slowly across western North Carolina throughout the morning and into the afternoon of the 19th ahead of a slow-moving cold front.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a stationary front across the North Carolina Piedmont throughout the day. One storm produced brief damaging winds across Union County during the morning, while flash flooding developed across Rowan County during the…
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 →Scattered rain showers developed throughout the day across western North Carolina within easterly flow north of a stationary front. Showers repeatedly developed and moved across the Statesville area from late morning through much of the afternoon, resulting in very heavy…
Read the full account →Hurricane Isabel made landfall early in the afternoon on September 18th as a category two hurricane across Core Banks in extreme eastern Carteret county. Isabel moved north northwest near 20 mph across eastern North Carolina during the afternoon.
Read the full account →The combination of a cold front moving through the Mid Atlantic and Post Tropical Cyclone Matthew tracking northeast just off the North Carolina and Virginia coasts, produced heavy rain which caused flooding across much of northeast North Carolina from late Saturday afternoon,…
Read the full account →The combination of a cold front moving through the Mid Atlantic and Post Tropical Cyclone Matthew tracking northeast just off the North Carolina and Virginia coasts, produced heavy rain which caused flooding across much of northeast North Carolina from late Saturday afternoon,…
Read the full account →The combination of a cold front moving through the Mid Atlantic and Post Tropical Cyclone Matthew tracking northeast just off the North Carolina and Virginia coasts, produced heavy rain which caused flooding across much of northeast North Carolina from late Saturday afternoon,…
Read the full account →The combination of a cold front moving through the Mid Atlantic and Post Tropical Cyclone Matthew tracking northeast just off the North Carolina and Virginia coasts, produced heavy rain which caused flooding across much of northeast North Carolina from late Saturday afternoon,…
Read the full account →The combination of a cold front moving through the Mid Atlantic and Post Tropical Cyclone Matthew tracking northeast just off the North Carolina and Virginia coasts, produced heavy rain which caused flooding across much of northeast North Carolina from late Saturday afternoon,…
Read the full account →Hurricane Bonnie moved along the coast of northeast North Carolina on August 27th. Very strong winds and heavy rains associated with Bonnie's spiral bands hammered northeast North Carolina Thursday afternoon into early Friday morning.
Read the full account →Tropical Cyclone Florence made landfall on the 15th and moved slowly west while weakening through the 16th. Widespread rainfall of 4 to 10 inches, with locally higher amounts fell across western North Carolina over a 36-48 hour period, with the highest totals reported along the…
Read the full account →Tropical Cyclone Florence made landfall on the 15th and moved slowly west while weakening through the 16th. Widespread rainfall of 4 to 10 inches, with locally higher amounts fell across western North Carolina over a 36-48 hour period, with the highest totals reported along the…
Read the full account →A band of rain showers along and ahead of a strong cold front quickly intensified during the afternoon across Upstate South Carolina, then moved quickly northeast into the North Carolina foothills and far western Piedmont.
Read the full account →Flooding began shortly after midnight across portions of the southern mountains and foothills. Henderson County experienced the most severe flooding, as numerous homes were damaged by flood waters, with damaged homes from the combination of the Ivan and Frances floods numbering…
Read the full account →One thunderstorm early in the afternoon became severe and an automated gage at Panthertown measured a wind gust to 58 mph. A cluster of severe thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging wind from near Gastonia through and around the city of Charlotte during the early…
Read the full account →Hurricane Fran moved onshore near Cape Fear Thursday evening (9/6) and raced north toward Raleigh cutting a swath of destruction. The Category 3 hurricane destroyed or damaged 90% of the homes in North Topsail Beach. The town hall and police station were destroyed.
Read the full account →A line of showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front as it moved through central North Carolina. A few of the storms became severe, producing damaging winds.
Read the full account →Widespread heavy rain showers and scattered thunderstorms developed north of a warm front across western North Carolina throughout the 25th into the 26th.
Read the full account →A band of showers and thunderstorms developed during the early evening in a moist and unstable environment. The band produced heavy rain across potions of the western Piedmont of central North Carolina during the early evening hours, resulting in isolated flash flooding and…
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Depression Frances brought flooding rains to portions of Northwest North Carolina from late in the evening on the 7th through the 8th.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Michael moved through North Carolina on Thursday, October 11th. Michael brought heavy rain and strong damaging winds to central North Carolina.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Michael moved through North Carolina on Thursday, October 11th. Michael brought heavy rain and strong damaging winds to central North Carolina.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Michael moved through North Carolina on Thursday, October 11th. Michael brought heavy rain and strong damaging winds to central North Carolina.
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