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North Carolina Flood Stories

2,548 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood

Vance, NC · May 29, 2025

Storms over South Carolina in association with a mid-level system tracked into central North Carolina in the afternoon and evening hours. The storms initially produced a wind damage and isolated hail threat.

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Flash Flood

Vance, NC · May 29, 2025

Storms over South Carolina in association with a mid-level system tracked into central North Carolina in the afternoon and evening hours. The storms initially produced a wind damage and isolated hail threat.

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Flash Flood

Granville, NC · May 29, 2025

Storms over South Carolina in association with a mid-level system tracked into central North Carolina in the afternoon and evening hours. The storms initially produced a wind damage and isolated hail threat.

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Flash Flood

Orange, NC · May 29, 2025

Storms over South Carolina in association with a mid-level system tracked into central North Carolina in the afternoon and evening hours. The storms initially produced a wind damage and isolated hail threat.

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Flash Flood

Vance, NC · May 29, 2025

Storms over South Carolina in association with a mid-level system tracked into central North Carolina in the afternoon and evening hours. The storms initially produced a wind damage and isolated hail threat.

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Flash Flood

Durham, NC · May 29, 2025

Storms over South Carolina in association with a mid-level system tracked into central North Carolina in the afternoon and evening hours. The storms initially produced a wind damage and isolated hail threat.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Brunswick, NC · Sep 27, 2010

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.

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Flash Flood

Randolph, NC · Aug 30, 2024

A frontal boundary moving south from east-central Virginia into central North Carolina combined with a disturbance aloft and produced numerous showers and storms in the afternoon to late evening hours.

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Flash Flood

Moore, NC · Jun 13, 2025

A slow moving area of low pressure across Missouri brought deep and copious moisture across the southeastern United States and the Carolinas. Scattered to numerous showers and storms developed in the early afternoon and peaked in the early evening hours before waning by the late…

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Flash Flood

Stanly, NC · Jun 13, 2025

A slow moving area of low pressure across Missouri brought deep and copious moisture across the southeastern United States and the Carolinas. Scattered to numerous showers and storms developed in the early afternoon and peaked in the early evening hours before waning by the late…

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Flash Flood

Stanly, NC · Jun 13, 2025

A slow moving area of low pressure across Missouri brought deep and copious moisture across the southeastern United States and the Carolinas. Scattered to numerous showers and storms developed in the early afternoon and peaked in the early evening hours before waning by the late…

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Flash Flood

Moore, NC · Jun 13, 2025

A slow moving area of low pressure across Missouri brought deep and copious moisture across the southeastern United States and the Carolinas. Scattered to numerous showers and storms developed in the early afternoon and peaked in the early evening hours before waning by the late…

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Flash Flood

Moore, NC · Jun 13, 2025

A slow moving area of low pressure across Missouri brought deep and copious moisture across the southeastern United States and the Carolinas. Scattered to numerous showers and storms developed in the early afternoon and peaked in the early evening hours before waning by the late…

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Flash Flood

Orange, NC · Jun 13, 2025

A slow moving area of low pressure across Missouri brought deep and copious moisture across the southeastern United States and the Carolinas. Scattered to numerous showers and storms developed in the early afternoon and peaked in the early evening hours before waning by the late…

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Flash Flood

Stanly, NC · Jun 13, 2025

A slow moving area of low pressure across Missouri brought deep and copious moisture across the southeastern United States and the Carolinas. Scattered to numerous showers and storms developed in the early afternoon and peaked in the early evening hours before waning by the late…

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Coastal Flood

Ocracoke Island, NC · Oct 1, 2025

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…

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Coastal Flood

Hatteras Island, NC · Oct 1, 2025

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…

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Flash Flood$25K damage

McDowell, NC · Jan 7, 1998

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…

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Beaufort, NC · Oct 8, 2005

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.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Richmond, NC · Sep 10, 2008

Strong convection developed in the pre-frontal warm sector across eastern North Carolina. Several thunderstorm cells developed and moved southwest to northeast across Wayne County in the afternoon on the 9th.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Rockingham, NC · Sep 30, 2010

On the 25th of September, a powerful area of low pressure was located over the southeastern U.S. Several weak centers of low pressure formed over the Gulf Coast area from the 26th to 28th and pushed northeast along a stationary boundary bringing very high moisture from the Gulf…

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Hurricane (Typhoon)$25K damage

Western Dare, NC · Aug 14, 2004

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…

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Hurricane (Typhoon)$25K damage

Washington, NC · Aug 14, 2004

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…

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Hurricane (Typhoon)$25K damage

Martin, NC · Aug 14, 2004

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…

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