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 tropical storm Bertha lifted north across the North Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon and evening of the 27th. Heavy rainfall and localized flooding developed in southern and eastern portions of the Charlotte metro area after around 2 inches of rain fell in…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over western North Carolina during the afternoon hours. The combination of high instability and moderate wind shear helped a couple of the storms reach severe limits.
Read the full account →Heavy rain developed during the late evening and early morning hours across the mountains and foothills along and ahead of a cold front. Two to four inch rainfall amounts occurred in just a few hours across portions of the southern mountains and foothills.
Read the full account →Tropical cyclone Michael tracked northeast across the Midlands and Piedmont of South Carolina and through the North Carolina Piedmont on the 11th.
Read the full account →Tropical cyclone Michael tracked northeast across the Midlands and Piedmont of South Carolina and through the North Carolina Piedmont on the 11th.
Read the full account →Tropical cyclone Michael tracked northeast across the Midlands and Piedmont of South Carolina and through the North Carolina Piedmont on the 11th.
Read the full account →Tropical cyclone Michael tracked northeast across the Midlands and Piedmont of South Carolina and through the North Carolina Piedmont on the 11th.
Read the full account →Tropical cyclone Michael gradually weakened as it tracked from the South Carolina Midlands through portions of the South Carolina and North Carolina Piedmont throughout the 11th.
Read the full account →Tropical cyclone Michael gradually weakened as it tracked from the South Carolina Midlands through portions of the South Carolina and North Carolina Piedmont throughout the 11th.
Read the full account →Tropical cyclone Michael gradually weakened as it tracked from the South Carolina Midlands through portions of the South Carolina and North Carolina Piedmont throughout the 11th.
Read the full account →Tropical cyclone Michael gradually weakened as it tracked from the South Carolina Midlands through portions of the South Carolina and North Carolina Piedmont throughout the 11th.
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 →Persistent heavy rain brought widespread flooding across central North Carolina, beginning in the morning of March 20 and continuing into the afternoon. Numerous roads across the area had to be closed due to flooding, and numerous creeks overflowed their banks.
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 →An unusual weather pattern became established around the 25th with very strong high pressure building across New England and low pressure over the southeastern U.S. combining to bring strong easterly flow into the southern Mid-Atlantic along with abundant moisture.
Read the full account →After a couple of days of occasional moderate to heavy rain acted to elevate stream flows and soil moisture levels, heavy rain showers and thunderstorms developing along and ahead of a cold front produced 2-3 inches of rain in just a few hours across portions of the Piedmont,…
Read the full account →A slow-moving wave of low pressure moving along a stalled frontal boundary stretching from the Gulf Coast through the South Carolina Midlands to the Carolina coast resulted in about 48 hours of moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall across the North Carolina Piedmont.
Read the full account →TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO, WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 70 MPH, MADE LANDFALL ON AUGUST 31ST DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THE STRONG TROPICAL STORM MOVED ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS REGION DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1ST.
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 →Scattered clusters of thunderstorms developed across much of western North Carolina during early afternoon and continued into the evening hours.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed over eastern portions of central North Carolina ahead of a mid-level trough and associated surface cold front.
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.
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