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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

Dare, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Carteret, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Carteret, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Hyde, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Onslow, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Carteret, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Carteret, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Lenoir, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Lenoir, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Lenoir, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Onslow, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Onslow, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Onslow, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Onslow, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Onslow, NC · Aug 31, 2023

Idalia developed near the Yucatan Channel on August 27th and meandered around for a couple of days before moving into the Gulf of Mexico on August 29th.

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Flash Flood

Duplin, NC · Jul 9, 2023

A wavy frontal boundary sagged slowly south through Eastern North Carolina during the afternoon hours. Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front, and moved southeast across much of the region, eventually making it all the way to the coast.

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Flash Flood

Onslow, NC · Jul 9, 2023

A wavy frontal boundary sagged slowly south through Eastern North Carolina during the afternoon hours. Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front, and moved southeast across much of the region, eventually making it all the way to the coast.

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Flash Flood

Carteret, NC · Sep 23, 2023

On Thursday, September 21st, an area of low pressure begin to develop and get more organized off the Southeast US coastline. That low continued to deepen and become more organized, eventually taking on tropical characteristics, becoming the 15th named storm of the 2023 Atlantic…

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Flash Flood

Pitt, NC · Sep 23, 2023

On Thursday, September 21st, an area of low pressure begin to develop and get more organized off the Southeast US coastline. That low continued to deepen and become more organized, eventually taking on tropical characteristics, becoming the 15th named storm of the 2023 Atlantic…

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Flash Flood

Surry, NC · Sep 9, 2023

An upper trough situated from the Great Lakes through the Tennessee Valley provided the instability to support very slow-moving showers and thunderstorms that drifted across the central Appalachians into the lower Mid-Atlantic.

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Flash Flood

Pitt, NC · Sep 23, 2023

On Thursday, September 21st, an area of low pressure begin to develop and get more organized off the Southeast US coastline. That low continued to deepen and become more organized, eventually taking on tropical characteristics, becoming the 15th named storm of the 2023 Atlantic…

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Flash Flood

Pitt, NC · Sep 23, 2023

On Thursday, September 21st, an area of low pressure begin to develop and get more organized off the Southeast US coastline. That low continued to deepen and become more organized, eventually taking on tropical characteristics, becoming the 15th named storm of the 2023 Atlantic…

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Flash Flood

Pitt, NC · Sep 23, 2023

On Thursday, September 21st, an area of low pressure begin to develop and get more organized off the Southeast US coastline. That low continued to deepen and become more organized, eventually taking on tropical characteristics, becoming the 15th named storm of the 2023 Atlantic…

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Flash Flood

Pitt, NC · Sep 23, 2023

On Thursday, September 21st, an area of low pressure begin to develop and get more organized off the Southeast US coastline. That low continued to deepen and become more organized, eventually taking on tropical characteristics, becoming the 15th named storm of the 2023 Atlantic…

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