2,548 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →Distant Hurricanes Humberto Imelda moved well off the East Coast at the end of the month, but produced major ocean overwash and wave runup affecting Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands for several days at the end of the month and into the beginning of October due to large long period…
Read the full account →Distant Hurricanes Humberto Imelda moved well off the East Coast at the end of the month, but produced major ocean overwash and wave runup affecting Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands for several days at the end of the month and into the beginning of October due to large long period…
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 →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 →A combination of weather systems including the remnants of Tropical Storm Tammy and low pressure associated with an approaching cold front linked up to cause flooding rains across the area.
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 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 stalled front across eastern North Carolina combined with a deep southerly flow of very moist air led to several days of torrential rain across eastern North Carolina from September 27th through the 30th.
Read the full account →The thunderstorms that developed in far southern Virginia during the late evening hours of the 9th propagated into far northwest North Carolina after midnight and continued into the early morning hours of the 10th.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall over northeastern South Carolina during the morning hours of July 6. The remnants of Chantal then tracked west-northwest into portions of central North Carolina, stalling out over the area before tracking east-northeast into Virginia by the…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall over northeastern South Carolina during the morning hours of July 6. The remnants of Chantal then tracked west-northwest into portions of central North Carolina, stalling out over the area before tracking east-northeast into Virginia by the…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall over northeastern South Carolina during the morning hours of July 6. The remnants of Chantal then tracked west-northwest into portions of central North Carolina, stalling out over the area before tracking east-northeast into Virginia by the…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall over northeastern South Carolina during the morning hours of July 6. The remnants of Chantal then tracked west-northwest into portions of central North Carolina, stalling out over the area before tracking east-northeast into Virginia by the…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall over northeastern South Carolina during the morning hours of July 6. The remnants of Chantal then tracked west-northwest into portions of central North Carolina, stalling out over the area before tracking east-northeast into Virginia by the…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall over northeastern South Carolina during the morning hours of July 6. The remnants of Chantal then tracked west-northwest into portions of central North Carolina, stalling out over the area before tracking east-northeast into Virginia by the…
Read the full account →Flooding developed in the early evening in areas near the Blue Ridge, from Highlands to Cashiers, then quickly spread to include locations such as Cullowhee, Bryson City, and Cherokee.
Read the full account →Flooding developed in the early evening in areas near the Blue Ridge, from Highlands to Cashiers, then quickly spread to include locations such as Cullowhee, Bryson City, and Cherokee.
Read the full account →Flooding developed in the early evening in areas near the Blue Ridge, from Highlands to Cashiers, then quickly spread to include locations such as Cullowhee, Bryson City, and Cherokee.
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