2,548 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred moved north from the Gulf Coast states into the Central Appalachians. Strong low level shear and abundant tropical moisture sparked low topped, rotating thunderstorms which helped spawn two brief EF-0 tornados in Wilkes County.
Read the full account →Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred moved north from the Gulf Coast states into the Central Appalachians. Strong low level shear and abundant tropical moisture sparked low topped, rotating thunderstorms which helped spawn two brief EF-0 tornados in Wilkes County.
Read the full account →Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred moved north from the Gulf Coast states into the Central Appalachians. Strong low level shear and abundant tropical moisture sparked low topped, rotating thunderstorms which helped spawn two brief EF-0 tornados in Wilkes County.
Read the full account →Deep tropical moisture associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicholas was lifted northward ahead of a strong cold front. Precipitable water values ranging from 1.9 to 2.2 inches were carried into the northwestern portion of North Carolina during the evening of the…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Fred made landfall in the Florida Panhandle on the 16th and lifted steadily north through Georgia and into the southern Appalachians during the 16th and throughout the 17th.
Read the full account →A deep upper trough that extended from the upper Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico resulted in deep southwesterly flow across the region, allowing copious amounts of Gulf and Atlantic moisture to stream into the area.
Read the full account →A stalled surface boundary across the central North Carolina was the focal point for shower and thunderstorm development. Primary impacts were in the form of gusty winds and small hail.
Read the full account →A stalled surface boundary across the central North Carolina was the focal point for shower and thunderstorm development. Primary impacts were in the form of gusty winds and small hail.
Read the full account →A stalled surface boundary across the central North Carolina was the focal point for shower and thunderstorm development. Primary impacts were in the form of gusty winds and small hail.
Read the full account →A stalled surface boundary across the central North Carolina was the focal point for shower and thunderstorm development. Primary impacts were in the form of gusty winds and small hail.
Read the full account →Widespread heavy rain affected the region ahead of a slow moving cold front. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 4 inches were common across western North Carolina. Quite a bit of flash flooding developed as a result of the heavy rain falling on already saturated ground.
Read the full account →A warm front was situated across central Virginia and North Carolina, while a stationary front was positioned across Kentucky and West Virginia, which kept an moist airmass over much of the area.
Read the full account →The center of Hurricane Erin stayed several hundred miles east of the Middle Atlantic coast on August 21, 2025. However, due the extremely large size of the cyclone with an expansive wind field, tropical storm force gusts occurred over the Atlantic, Currituck Sound, and…
Read the full account →The center of Hurricane Erin stayed several hundred miles east of the Middle Atlantic coast on August 21, 2025. However, due the extremely large size of the cyclone with an expansive wind field, tropical storm force gusts occurred over the Atlantic, Currituck Sound, and…
Read the full account →The center of Hurricane Erin stayed several hundred miles east of the Middle Atlantic coast on August 21, 2025. However, due the extremely large size of the cyclone with an expansive wind field, tropical storm force gusts occurred over the Atlantic, Currituck Sound, and…
Read the full account →The center of Hurricane Erin stayed several hundred miles east of the Middle Atlantic coast on August 21, 2025. However, due the extremely large size of the cyclone with an expansive wind field, tropical storm force gusts occurred over the Atlantic, Currituck Sound, and…
Read the full account →An isolated thunderstorm formed over Beech Mountain in Watauga County North Carolina the afternoon of the 26th. Not only did this storm increase to severe levels with quarter size hail reported, it also produced very heavy rainfall (2 to 3 inches) in only a one hour period.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary line of thunderstorms developed just inland of the coast along the sea breeze during the afternoon of August 12, 2009. Torrential rain occurred for several hours centered near Havelock.
Read the full account →Hurricane Earl approached the North Carolina coast as a major category 3 hurricane on the 2nd, then moved offshore early on the 3rd as a category 2 hurricane on the Saffir/Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
Read the full account →A cluster of showers and storms develop across the triangle region of central North Carolina. A few of these storms became severe and produced damaging wind gusts.
Read the full account →A cluster of showers and storms develop across the triangle region of central North Carolina. A few of these storms became severe and produced damaging wind gusts.
Read the full account →A cluster of showers and storms develop across the triangle region of central North Carolina. A few of these storms became severe and produced damaging wind gusts.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Idalia moved northeast across southeast North Carolina bringing flooding from heavy rain and storm surge, a few tropical storm force wind gusts and tornadoes late August 30 into August 31. Previously the storm was a Category 4 hurricane.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Idalia moved northeast across southeast North Carolina bringing flooding from heavy rain and storm surge, a few tropical storm force wind gusts and tornadoes late August 30 into August 31. Previously the storm was a Category 4 hurricane.
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