2,548 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
The forecast area remained sandwiched between an unseasonably deep trough aloft to the west and a ridge to the east. This resulted in a persistent very moist air mass and with soils already saturated, two rounds of heavy rain resulted in flash flooding, first in the early…
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 northward retreating warm front served as the primary focus for convective development. Afternoon heating resulted in destabilization and several storms became severe, with large hail being the primary impact. Isolated flash flooding also occurred.
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 →Scattered thunderstorms developed near the Blue Ridge during early-to-mid afternoon, then organized into a cluster of showers and storms as they moved into the Piedmont during the late afternoon, where isolated, brief damaging winds occurred.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary upper low over northern Alabama, combined with a plume of tropical moisture, produced record rainfall over portions of Brunswick and New Hanover Counties.
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 →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 →Remnants of Tropical Storm Josephine moved quickly up the East Coast during Monday night and Tuesday, October 7th and 8th, affecting northeast North Carolina.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hermine moving northeast along the Southeast Coast then off the Mid Atlantic Coast produced tropical storm force winds, minor to moderate coastal flooding, and locally heavy rainfall across portions of Coastal Northeast North Carolina from midday Friday, September…
Read the full account →Strong daytime heating resulted in moderate to strong destabilization across central North Carolina. While initial convective started in proximity to a stalled surface boundary, convection quickly became dominated by convective outflow interaction and cell mergers that produced…
Read the full account →An area of heavy rain fell across the Blue Ridge Mountains and the North Carolina foothills during the morning hours. Shortly before the rain ended, rainfall rates increased to around an inch an hour which caused a few areas of flash flooding.
Read the full account →A moist southeast upslope flow into the Blue Ridge escarpment resulted in development of moderate to heavy rain that began around midnight on the 16th and continued for much of the next 18 hours.
Read the full account →Heavy rain brought a rapid rise in Crabtree Creek in Raleigh. The flooding occurred from Wake Forest Road downstream to Atlantic Avenue and to Capital Boulevard. The gage at Wake Forest Road rose to 1 foot above flood stage for a few hours time.
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 →Thunderstorms during the morning hours on the 20th produced damaging winds, damaging lightning, and flash flooding.Heavy rainfall resulted in the flooding of Nathans Creek about 1 mile northeast of Nathans Creek in eastern Ashe County.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay stalled just west of the Appalachian mountains, resulting in a prolonged, moist south to southeasterly flow over western North Carolina.
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.
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