2,548 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Carolina, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
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 →A slow moving upper level low pressure system moving across the Tennessee Valley triggered widespread showers and thunderstorms along the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and Virginia.
Read the full account →A mid-level disturbance and surface trough draped from western North Carolina into south-central Virginia led to development of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the northwest Piedmont in the late afternoon.
Read the full account →A mid-level disturbance and surface trough draped from western North Carolina into south-central Virginia led to development of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the northwest Piedmont in the late afternoon.
Read the full account →A mid-level disturbance and surface trough draped from western North Carolina into south-central Virginia led to development of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the northwest Piedmont in the late afternoon.
Read the full account →A mid-level disturbance and surface trough draped from western North Carolina into south-central Virginia led to development of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the northwest Piedmont in the late afternoon.
Read the full account →A mid-level disturbance and surface trough draped from western North Carolina into south-central Virginia led to development of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the northwest Piedmont in the late afternoon.
Read the full account →A disturbance aloft combined with a lee trough over western North Carolina led to isolated to scattered showers and storms over the Piedmont, Sandhills, and Coastal Plain in the early evening hours.
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 →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 →An area of low pressure moved across the Outer Banks and out to sea on the night of November 14 into November 15. Winds became northeast ahead of the low and northwest behind the low as it moved offshore on November 15.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary across Virginia remained in place early in the morning on the 24th of July. Storms from earlier in the mid to late evening hours of the 23rd continued into the overnight hours and into the morning of the 24th of July.
Read the full account →A strong Nor'easter brought widespread heavy rainfall, isolated flash flooding, high winds, severe weather and significant coastal flooding to portions of Eastern North Carolina.
Read the full account →A strong Nor'easter brought widespread heavy rainfall, isolated flash flooding, high winds, severe weather and significant coastal flooding to portions of Eastern North Carolina.
Read the full account →A strong Nor'easter brought widespread heavy rainfall, isolated flash flooding, high winds, severe weather and significant coastal flooding to portions of Eastern North Carolina.
Read the full account →The remnants of a convective complex moved into an unstable environment with enhanced mid-level flow and steep low-level lapse rates. This resulted in the development of a line of storms that moved southeast through the northwestern Piedmont in the evening.
Read the full account →A strong Nor'easter brought widespread heavy rainfall, isolated flash flooding, high winds, severe weather and significant coastal flooding to portions of Eastern North Carolina.
Read the full account →A strong Nor'easter brought widespread heavy rainfall, isolated flash flooding, high winds, severe weather and significant coastal flooding to portions of Eastern North Carolina.
Read the full account →A strong Nor'easter brought widespread heavy rainfall, isolated flash flooding, high winds, severe weather and significant coastal flooding to portions of Eastern North Carolina.
Read the full account →A strong Nor'easter brought widespread heavy rainfall, isolated flash flooding, high winds, severe weather and significant coastal flooding to portions of Eastern North Carolina.
Read the full account →A strong Nor'easter brought widespread heavy rainfall, isolated flash flooding, high winds, severe weather and significant coastal flooding to portions of Eastern North Carolina.
Read the full account →A strong Nor'easter brought widespread heavy rainfall, isolated flash flooding, high winds, severe weather and significant coastal flooding to portions of Eastern North Carolina.
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