2,548 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
The remnants of Hurricane Frances brought very heavy rainfall to western North Carolina on the 7th and 8th, resulting in widespread severe flooding across the mountains and foothills.
Read the full account →Hurricane Isabel was a Category 1 hurricane as it crossed the Wakefield WFO county warning area. Sustained tropical storm force winds with frequent gusts to hurricane force occurred over coastal northeast North Carolina.
Read the full account →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.
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 Isabel was a Category 1 hurricane as it crossed the Wakefield WFO county warning area. Sustained tropical storm force winds with gusts to hurricane force occurred over the piedmont of northeast North Carolina.
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 very moist southeast flow developed northeast of subtropical cyclone Alberto, which made landfall across the western Florida Peninsula on the 28th and moved north across Alabama throughout the 29th.
Read the full account →A very moist southerly flow resulted in development of numerous heavy rain showers and some thunderstorms that repeatedly developed along the southern escarpment of the Blue Ridge and moved north into the mountains of southwest North Carolina throughout late evening of the 26th…
Read the full account →An upper-level low became cut-off over the southern Appalachian region for several days leading to persistent rainfall and eventually some flooding.
Read the full account →Hurricane Bertha slammed into the North Carolina coastline between Surf City and North Topsail Beach causing severe damage to property, utilities and roads. Hardest hit were agricultural crops which suffered losses in excess of $126 million.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain from Hurricane Floyd, falling on soils saturated by heavy rain of the previous 3 weeks, produced widespread flooding and flash flooding across northeast North Carolina, from the Roanoke River eastward.
Read the full account →Hurricane Isabel made landfall along the Outer Banks just north of Cape Lookout around 1 pm on September 18, 2003. The eye of the storm tracked northeast passing over eastern Halifax County. Winds gusts to near Hurricane force were recorded over Halifax county.
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 →Winds associated with Tropical Storm Zeta caused damage throughout northwestern NC. Wind gusts reached 30-40 knots during the peak of the storm.
Read the full account →Widespread moderate to heavy rain developed across western North Carolina on the 27th in advance of a strong cold front. The rain persisted through much of the 28th before tapering off late in the day.
Read the full account →Widespread moderate to heavy rain developed across western North Carolina on the 27th in advance of a strong cold front. The rain persisted through much of the 28th before tapering off late in the day.
Read the full account →A stalled front over the region interacting with a very moist and slightly unstable atmosphere resulted in slow moving thunderstorms across central NC.
Read the full account →Heavy rain showers, and some isolated thunderstorms in advance of an approaching cold front, produced as much as three to four inches of rain in several hours. The most intense rates were across parts of Watauga County where this amount of rain fell in only two to three hours.
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 →Several waves of low pressure moved across the area as an upper level low closed off over the southeastern U.S. Rainfall persisted on and off from April 21-25 with mainly moderate rates (0.10��� to 0.25��� per hour) as the upper low drifted very slowly eastward from…
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 →Hurricane Irene made landfall during the morning of the 27th, near Cape Lookout, as a large category 1 hurricane on the Saffir/Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
Read the full account →A powerful winter storm pumped abundant moisture on very strong southerly winds into western North Carolina. The result was nearly 15 million dollars in damage across the mountains and foothills as up to 15 inches of rain fell on the higher terrain, causing significant to major…
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