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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

Guilford, NC · Sep 12, 2023

An approaching cold front from the Michigan and Mid-Mississippi Valley region led to the development of scattered showers and thunderstorms. These storms first developed across the western Piedmont and tracked east-northeast toward the Sandhills and Coastal Plain in the…

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Flash Flood

Guilford, NC · Sep 12, 2023

An approaching cold front from the Michigan and Mid-Mississippi Valley region led to the development of scattered showers and thunderstorms. These storms first developed across the western Piedmont and tracked east-northeast toward the Sandhills and Coastal Plain in the…

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Flash Flood

Guilford, NC · Sep 12, 2023

An approaching cold front from the Michigan and Mid-Mississippi Valley region led to the development of scattered showers and thunderstorms. These storms first developed across the western Piedmont and tracked east-northeast toward the Sandhills and Coastal Plain in the…

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Flash Flood

Guilford, NC · Sep 12, 2023

An approaching cold front from the Michigan and Mid-Mississippi Valley region led to the development of scattered showers and thunderstorms. These storms first developed across the western Piedmont and tracked east-northeast toward the Sandhills and Coastal Plain in the…

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Flash Flood

Guilford, NC · Sep 12, 2023

An approaching cold front from the Michigan and Mid-Mississippi Valley region led to the development of scattered showers and thunderstorms. These storms first developed across the western Piedmont and tracked east-northeast toward the Sandhills and Coastal Plain in the…

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Flash Flood

Guilford, NC · Sep 12, 2023

An approaching cold front from the Michigan and Mid-Mississippi Valley region led to the development of scattered showers and thunderstorms. These storms first developed across the western Piedmont and tracked east-northeast toward the Sandhills and Coastal Plain in the…

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Flash Flood

Surry, NC · Aug 12, 1996

Heavy rain during the morning and afternoon hours on the 12th resulted in flash flooding across northwest North Carolina.Heavy rainfall in Watauga County flooded creeks and streams, resulted in 14 roads being closed, damaged some roads, and resulted in some evacuations.In Ashe…

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Flood

Carteret, NC · Sep 9, 2007

Tropical Storm Gabrielle made landfall just before noon on September 9th at Cape Lookout National Seashore with a central pressure of 1007 mb and maximum storm surge of 3 ft. Maximum sustained winds were near 43 knots (50 mph).

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Pasquotank, NC · Sep 1, 1999

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Dennis produced one of the most prolonged periods of tropical cyclone related conditions across northeast North Carolina, from August 30th through September 5th.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Chowan, NC · Sep 1, 1999

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Dennis produced one of the most prolonged periods of tropical cyclone related conditions across northeast North Carolina, from August 30th through September 5th.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Western Currituck, NC · Oct 17, 1999

Hurricane Irene was an intensifying Category 1 hurricane at the time of closest approach to the Wakefield county warning area during the overnight hours of Monday October 18th.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Perquimans, NC · Oct 17, 1999

Hurricane Irene was an intensifying Category 1 hurricane at the time of closest approach to the Wakefield county warning area during the overnight hours of Monday October 18th.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Bertie, NC · Sep 1, 1999

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Dennis produced one of the most prolonged periods of tropical cyclone related conditions across northeast North Carolina, from August 30th through September 5th.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Pasquotank, NC · Oct 17, 1999

Hurricane Irene was an intensifying Category 1 hurricane at the time of closest approach to the Wakefield county warning area during the overnight hours of Monday October 18th.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Camden, NC · Sep 1, 1999

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Dennis produced one of the most prolonged periods of tropical cyclone related conditions across northeast North Carolina, from August 30th through September 5th.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Chowan, NC · Oct 17, 1999

Hurricane Irene was an intensifying Category 1 hurricane at the time of closest approach to the Wakefield county warning area during the overnight hours of Monday October 18th.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Western Currituck, NC · Sep 1, 1999

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Dennis produced one of the most prolonged periods of tropical cyclone related conditions across northeast North Carolina, from August 30th through September 5th.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Eastern Currituck, NC · Sep 1, 1999

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Dennis produced one of the most prolonged periods of tropical cyclone related conditions across northeast North Carolina, from August 30th through September 5th.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Camden, NC · Oct 17, 1999

Hurricane Irene was an intensifying Category 1 hurricane at the time of closest approach to the Wakefield county warning area during the overnight hours of Monday October 18th.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Perquimans, NC · Sep 1, 1999

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Dennis produced one of the most prolonged periods of tropical cyclone related conditions across northeast North Carolina, from August 30th through September 5th.

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Tropical Storm

Camden, NC · Sep 6, 2008

Tropical Storm Hanna affected much of northeast North Carolina during Saturday, September 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from around one inch to just below three inches.

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Tropical Storm

Chowan, NC · Sep 6, 2008

Tropical Storm Hanna affected much of northeast North Carolina during Saturday, September 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from around one inch to just below three inches.

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Tropical Storm

Pasquotank, NC · Sep 6, 2008

Tropical Storm Hanna affected much of northeast North Carolina during Saturday, September 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from around one inch to just below three inches.

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Tropical Storm

Perquimans, NC · Sep 6, 2008

Tropical Storm Hanna affected much of northeast North Carolina during Saturday, September 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from around one inch to just below three inches.

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