2,548 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A strong upper low slowly lifted northeast across the southern Appalachian Mountains over the 3 day period. While precipitable water values were not particularly strong with the low, a strong low level jet in advance of the system brought strong moisture transport and orographic…
Read the full account →A strong upper low slowly lifted northeast across the southern Appalachian Mountains over the 3 day period. While precipitable water values were not particularly strong with the low, a strong low level jet in advance of the system brought strong moisture transport and orographic…
Read the full account →Hurricane Floyd was a Category 1 hurricane as it crossed the Wakefield WFO county warning area. Sustained tropical storm force winds with gusts to near hurricane force occurred over the northwest quadrant of the storm over interior portions of northeast North Carolina and along…
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 →Slow moving thunderstorms over south central Ashe County produced radar-estimated rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches in a few hours. Flooding was reported along portions of Call Creek which rose over 8 feet according to NC DOT sources, with a bridge flooded and a home affected as…
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 →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 →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 →After a lull in rainfall during the morning hours, numerous showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain again developed over parts of the North Carolina Mountains and foothills during the afternoon hours. A few areas of flash flooding developed as a result.
Read the full account →The remnants of hurricane Fran produced widespread wind damage and flash flooding in north-central and portions of northwest North Carolina during the late evening hours on the 5th and morning hours on the 6th.In Rockingham County, high winds downed trees, tree limbs and power…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms in northwestern North Carolina during the evening hours on the 7th and early morning hours on the 8th resulted in flash flooding and damaging winds.Flash flooding in Watauga County resulted in the evacuation of 7 homes in Foscoe and a nursing home in Boone and…
Read the full account →In response to persistent moderate to heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ivan, severe flooding developed across the mountains for the second time in 9 days.
Read the full account →After an extended period of moderate to heavy rainfall, flooding began in Jackson County during the late evening. Cope Creek was the first stream to flood, and evacuations became necessary along the creek.
Read the full account →After an extended period of moderate to heavy rainfall, flooding began in Jackson County during the late evening. Cope Creek was the first stream to flood, and evacuations became necessary along the creek.
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 →Tropical Storm Hermine tracked along the Southeast United States coastline and across coastal portions of the Carolina's. Tropical Storm Hermine produced heavy rain across portions of central North Carolina.
Read the full account →A persistent plume of tropical moisture and embedded perturbations aloft triggered clusters of convection with torrential downpours. Since the wind field was fairly unidirectional, training cells lead to locally excessive rainfall and flash flooding, along with isolated wind…
Read the full account →A persistent plume of tropical moisture and embedded perturbations aloft triggered clusters of convection with torrential downpours. Since the wind field was fairly unidirectional, training cells lead to locally excessive rainfall and flash flooding, along with isolated wind…
Read the full account →After morning flash flooding, moderating rainfall contributed to slower rises, but continued and additional flooding along numerous creeks and streams into the evening hours.
Read the full account →After morning flash flooding on the 20th, moderating rainfall resulted in slower rises, but continued and additional flooding along creeks and streams that persisted for several days.
Read the full account →Hurricane Irene tracked across the Bahamas and up the eastern seaboard, staying offshore until it made landfall at Cape Lookout the morning of August 27th as a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 85 mph.
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 →After morning flash flooding, moderating rainfall resulted in slower rises, but continued and additional flooding along creeks and streams into the evening hours. Some of the flooding was described as the worst in the area in over 5 years.
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