2,548 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Multi-cellular convection developed ahead of an approaching cold front over Central North Carolina. A few thunderstorms became severe during the afternoon and evening, producing scattered wind damage.
Read the full account →Multi-cellular convection developed ahead of an approaching cold front over Central North Carolina. A few thunderstorms became severe during the afternoon and evening, producing scattered wind damage.
Read the full account →Scattered convection impacted central North Carolina as a deep upper level trough and associated strong surface cold front approached and crossed the area.
Read the full account →During the early morning hours Tropical Storm Hanna made landfall near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The tropical storm tracked north into Central North Carolina from daybreak through noon tracking along Interstate 95.
Read the full account →Abundant tropical moisture, with a direct trajectory off the Atlantic Ocean, was lifted up the higher terrain of northwest Madison County, resulting in potent precipitation-producing showers and thunderstorms that became anchored because of a light mean wind flow aloft.
Read the full account →A slow-moving area of upper level low pressure tapped into a tropical moisture feed associated with Hurricane Joaquin to produce a band of moderate to heavy rainfall across the western Carolinas during the morning hours.
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 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…
Read the full account →A nearly continuous feed of tropical moisture, combined with a series of upper level low pressure systems, produced record rainfall over the region. Many areas received over 20 inches of rainfall over a four day period.
Read the full account →A nearly continuous feed of tropical moisture, combined with a series of upper level low pressure systems, produced record rainfall over the region. Many areas received over 20 inches of rainfall over a four day period.
Read the full account →A nearly continuous feed of tropical moisture, combined with a series of upper level low pressure systems, produced record rainfall over the region. Many areas received over 20 inches of rainfall over a four day period.
Read the full account →A nearly continuous feed of tropical moisture, combined with a series of upper level low pressure systems, produced record rainfall over the region. Many areas received over 20 inches of rainfall over a four day period.
Read the full account →A nearly continuous feed of tropical moisture, combined with a series of upper level low pressure systems, produced record rainfall over the region. Many areas received over 20 inches of rainfall over a four day period.
Read the full account →A strong, moist southerly flow up the Blue Ridge escarpment resulted in scattered to numerous showers throughout the 2nd, and by the early morning hours of the 3rd, rainfall of 1.5 to 3 inches had fallen across the Blue Ridge.
Read the full account →A strong, moist southerly flow up the Blue Ridge escarpment resulted in scattered to numerous showers throughout the 2nd, and by the early morning hours of the 3rd, rainfall of 1.5 to 3 inches had fallen across the Blue Ridge.
Read the full account →Hurricane Bertha moved across northeast North Carolina on July 12th and 13th. The center of Bertha moved ashore near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina shortly before 500 PM Friday July 12th.
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 →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 →Tropical Storm Charley moved northeast across the Coastal Plains of Eastern North Carolina during the afternoon hours on August 14th. Onslow county received the most damage, with estimates over 5 million dollars, as winds gusted to near hurricane force toppling trees and power…
Read the full account →Heavy rain showers and isolated thunderstorms developed near the Blue Ridge escarpment within a moist southeast upslope flow throughout the 29th.
Read the full account →A Flash Flood Watch was issued in advance of an abnormally deep upper level low moving over Central North Carolina. The trough became negatively tilted, pulling deep, moist air from the southwest into the region.
Read the full account →A Flash Flood Watch was issued in advance of an abnormally deep upper level low moving over Central North Carolina. The trough became negatively tilted, pulling deep, moist air from the southwest into the region.
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 →Flooding began shortly after midnight across much of the northern mountains and northern foothills. The hardest hit locations were northern McDowell, Mitchell and Avery Counties, where flooding was at least as severe as that which accompanied Frances.
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