2,548 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Widespread rain, along with multiple embedded lines of showers and low-topped thunderstorms developed across Western North Carolina throughout the 14th within a highly sheared, weakly unstable air mass ahead of a cold front.
Read the full account →Afternoon showers and thunderstorms developing across the mountains formed into a broken line that moved across the foothills and Piedmont during the late afternoon and evening. A few of the storms became briefly severe, producing localized downbursts.
Read the full account →Heavy rain and thunderstorms persisted over the Charlotte metro area during the early morning and resulted in several flooded roads. A park was flooded in Monroe and people were stranded in their van.
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 →A series of classic flash floods developed across the higher terrain of northern and central Madison County over the weekend of the 29th and 30th.
Read the full account →Abundant rain advanced north into the region in advance of an area of low pressure to the west while a frontal boundary remained draped over the region. An average of 2 to 5 inches of rain fell from this system onto an already saturated ground from recent snow melt and rainfall.
Read the full account →A potent area of low pressure moved through the Gulf Coast states into the Southeast United States. Widespread gusty winds developed across North Carolina ahead of this low, and a line of showers and thunderstorms swept through North Carolina during the afternoon and evening…
Read the full account →A potent area of low pressure moved through the Gulf Coast states into the Southeast United States. Widespread gusty winds developed across North Carolina ahead of this low, and a line of showers and thunderstorms swept through North Carolina during the afternoon and evening…
Read the full account →A potent area of low pressure moved through the Gulf Coast states into the Southeast United States. Widespread gusty winds developed across North Carolina ahead of this low, and a line of showers and thunderstorms swept through North Carolina during the afternoon and evening…
Read the full account →A potent area of low pressure moved through the Gulf Coast states into the Southeast United States. Widespread gusty winds developed across North Carolina ahead of this low, and a line of showers and thunderstorms swept through North Carolina during the afternoon and evening…
Read the full account →A potent area of low pressure moved through the Gulf Coast states into the Southeast United States. Widespread gusty winds developed across North Carolina ahead of this low, and a line of showers and thunderstorms swept through North Carolina during the afternoon and evening…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms repeatedly moved across the same areas over the North Carolina foothills, causing a high impact flash flood event over Catawba, Lincoln and Cleveland counties. In Catawba County alone, between 50 and 60 roads were closed at the height of the event.
Read the full account →A Noreaster affected Eastern North Carolina during the middle of the month resulting in persistent strong wind gusts measured from near 40 mph to slightly over 60 mph.
Read the full account →A cold front draped from the Mid-Atlantic states into the Ohio Valley tracked southward in the evening and overnight hours, moving through northern portions of central North Carolina. Ahead of the front, storms fired along central to eastern sections of central North Carolina.
Read the full account →A cold front draped from the Mid-Atlantic states into the Ohio Valley tracked southward in the evening and overnight hours, moving through northern portions of central North Carolina. Ahead of the front, storms fired along central to eastern sections of central North Carolina.
Read the full account →A cold front draped from the Mid-Atlantic states into the Ohio Valley tracked southward in the evening and overnight hours, moving through northern portions of central North Carolina. Ahead of the front, storms fired along central to eastern sections of central North Carolina.
Read the full account →A cold front draped from the Mid-Atlantic states into the Ohio Valley tracked southward in the evening and overnight hours, moving through northern portions of central North Carolina. Ahead of the front, storms fired along central to eastern sections of central North Carolina.
Read the full account →A cold front draped from the Mid-Atlantic states into the Ohio Valley tracked southward in the evening and overnight hours, moving through northern portions of central North Carolina. Ahead of the front, storms fired along central to eastern sections of central North Carolina.
Read the full account →A cold front draped from the Mid-Atlantic states into the Ohio Valley tracked southward in the evening and overnight hours, moving through northern portions of central North Carolina. Ahead of the front, storms fired along central to eastern sections of central North Carolina.
Read the full account →A cold front draped from the Mid-Atlantic states into the Ohio Valley tracked southward in the evening and overnight hours, moving through northern portions of central North Carolina. Ahead of the front, storms fired along central to eastern sections of central North Carolina.
Read the full account →A period of very heavy rain produced flash flooding during the morning on the 20th. In Monroeton three cars were washed off of Route 158, in East Bend a portion of Route 67 was washed out, and many roads were closed due to flash flooding countywide across Caswell, Stokes, and…
Read the full account →A strong cold front passed through the region on March 3rd, 2023 and resulted in a line of storms that produced damaging wind gusts across northwest North Carolina.
Read the full account →Flash flooding developed first in Indian Trail on the evening of the 14th, and quickly expanded to Weddington and Stallings. Twelve Mile Creek, which is normally 2 feet wide, overflowed its banks and expanded to a width of 50 feet, flooding Forest Lawn Dr.
Read the full account →Hurricane Helene weakened to a strong tropical storm on the morning of 27 September across northeast Georgia. Helene continued to track to the west and northwest into the Tennessee Valley.
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