2,548 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Scattered showers and storms tracked south and east out of Virginia and into central to eastern portions of North Carolina during the afternoon to late evening hours. These storms formed ahead of a stalled frontal boundary along the North Carolina and Virginia border.
Read the full account →The area remained in a warm and humid air mass with afternoon thunderstorms developing rather easily. Most of the storms remained below severe criteria but a few were able to generate enough downburst wind speed for some tree damage.
Read the full account →A strong arctic cold front blasted through Eastern NC during the day. Strong westerly winds produced power outages across the region as widespread wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph were recorded, with some localized areas near the coast gusting as high as 60 mph.
Read the full account →A strong arctic cold front blasted through Eastern NC during the day. Strong westerly winds produced power outages across the region as widespread wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph were recorded, with some localized areas near the coast gusting as high as 60 mph.
Read the full account →A coastal low lingered near the North Carolina and Virginia coastline on September 16, slowly moving northwest into the Chesapeake Bay by the evening of September 16.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms during the evening of the 30th, produced flash flooding and damaging winds.Flash flooding to the west and north of Yadkinville flooded 6 roads, including one road that was washed out, and a second road that was undermined.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms during the 8th produced flash flooding and damaging winds, Heavy thunderstorm rains caused a partial washout of State Route 1514 near Aho and U.S. Route 321 at Aho Road. Heavy rains also flooded Dry Creek in Draper with water 6 inches deep running across the road.
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →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…
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 →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 →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 →A mid-level trough across the Great Lakes helped push a weak cold front into the central North Carolina Piedmont during the evening and overnight hours.
Read the full account →A mid-level trough across the Great Lakes helped push a weak cold front into the central North Carolina Piedmont during the evening and overnight hours.
Read the full account →Two rounds of severe weather moved through central NC on the 27th of May tied to a deep upper-level low pressure system over the Mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys and an approaching cold front from the Tennessee Valley.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary to the north from the Mid-Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley and northern Virginia led to early morning storms north of the Carolinas.
Read the full account →A mid-level trough across the Great Lakes helped push a weak cold front into the central North Carolina Piedmont during the evening and overnight hours.
Read the full account →A strong upper level low moved from the Midwest into the Mid Atlantic from January 2nd into the 3rd. Strong storms to isolated severe storms preceded the arrival of the low along with a broad area of 2 to 4 inches of rain along United States Highway 1 corridor, producing…
Read the full account →A strong upper level low moved from the Midwest into the Mid Atlantic from January 2nd into the 3rd. Strong storms to isolated severe storms preceded the arrival of the low along with a broad area of 2 to 4 inches of rain along United States Highway 1 corridor, producing…
Read the full account →A strong upper level low moved from the Midwest into the Mid Atlantic from January 2nd into the 3rd. Strong storms to isolated severe storms preceded the arrival of the low along with a broad area of 2 to 4 inches of rain along United States Highway 1 corridor, producing…
Read the full account →A strong upper level low moved from the Midwest into the Mid Atlantic from January 2nd into the 3rd. Strong storms to isolated severe storms preceded the arrival of the low along with a broad area of 2 to 4 inches of rain along United States Highway 1 corridor, producing…
Read the full account →A strong upper level low moved from the Midwest into the Mid Atlantic from January 2nd into the 3rd. Strong storms to isolated severe storms preceded the arrival of the low along with a broad area of 2 to 4 inches of rain along United States Highway 1 corridor, producing…
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