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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.

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McDowell, NC · Feb 6, 2020

Unusually high levels of moisture for early February combined with a slow-moving frontal system to produce an extended period of moderate to heavy rainfall across western North Carolina from the morning of the 5th until the early morning hours of the 7th.

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Jackson, NC · Feb 6, 2020

Unusually high levels of moisture for early February combined with a slow-moving frontal system to produce an extended period of moderate to heavy rainfall across western North Carolina from the morning of the 5th until the early morning hours of the 7th.

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Rockingham, NC · Feb 6, 2020

A deep upper-level trough moved slowly across the central and eastern U.S. bringing abundant moisture northward and combined with a complex frontal boundary with several waves of low pressure to bring repeated rounds of heavy rainfall.

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Granville, NC · Jun 17, 2020

A slow moving upper-level low combined with a surge of warmer and more moist air that moved over a cooler air mass near the surface produced multiple rounds of rain, showers, and thunderstorms across the Coastal Plain and the northeast Piedmont of North Carolina during the…

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Franklin, NC · Jun 17, 2020

A slow moving upper-level low combined with a surge of warmer and more moist air that moved over a cooler air mass near the surface produced multiple rounds of rain, showers, and thunderstorms across the Coastal Plain and the northeast Piedmont of North Carolina during the…

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Franklin, NC · Jun 17, 2020

A slow moving upper-level low combined with a surge of warmer and more moist air that moved over a cooler air mass near the surface produced multiple rounds of rain, showers, and thunderstorms across the Coastal Plain and the northeast Piedmont of North Carolina during the…

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Vance, NC · Jun 17, 2020

A slow moving upper-level low combined with a surge of warmer and more moist air that moved over a cooler air mass near the surface produced multiple rounds of rain, showers, and thunderstorms across the Coastal Plain and the northeast Piedmont of North Carolina during the…

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Nash, NC · Jun 17, 2020

A slow moving upper-level low combined with a surge of warmer and more moist air that moved over a cooler air mass near the surface produced multiple rounds of rain, showers, and thunderstorms across the Coastal Plain and the northeast Piedmont of North Carolina during the…

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Watauga, NC · Apr 13, 2020

A strong cold front extending from a complex surface low pressure system, |brought intense thunderstorms which produced damaging winds and very heavy rain on April 12-13. The heavy rains resulted from a deep plume of tropical moisture lifted northward ahead of the cold front.

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Burke, NC · Apr 13, 2020

A strong storm system impacted the Southeast, resulting in an area of widespread heavy rain and embedded strong to severe thunderstorms that moved across western North Carolina during the late night and early morning hours.

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Alleghany, NC · Apr 13, 2020

A strong cold front extending from a complex surface low pressure system, |brought intense thunderstorms which produced damaging winds and very heavy rain on April 12-13. The heavy rains resulted from a deep plume of tropical moisture lifted northward ahead of the cold front.

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Transylvania, NC · Apr 13, 2020

A strong storm system impacted the Southeast, resulting in an area of widespread heavy rain and embedded strong to severe thunderstorms that moved across western North Carolina during the late night and early morning hours.

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Surry, NC · Apr 13, 2020

A strong cold front extending from a complex surface low pressure system, |brought intense thunderstorms which produced damaging winds and very heavy rain on April 12-13. The heavy rains resulted from a deep plume of tropical moisture lifted northward ahead of the cold front.

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Rockingham, NC · Feb 6, 2020

A deep upper-level trough moved slowly across the central and eastern U.S. bringing abundant moisture northward and combined with a complex frontal boundary with several waves of low pressure to bring repeated rounds of heavy rainfall.

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Surry, NC · Feb 6, 2020

A deep upper-level trough moved slowly across the central and eastern U.S. bringing abundant moisture northward and combined with a complex frontal boundary with several waves of low pressure to bring repeated rounds of heavy rainfall.

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Stokes, NC · Feb 6, 2020

A deep upper-level trough moved slowly across the central and eastern U.S. bringing abundant moisture northward and combined with a complex frontal boundary with several waves of low pressure to bring repeated rounds of heavy rainfall.

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Henderson, NC · Feb 6, 2020

Unusually high levels of moisture for early February combined with a slow-moving frontal system to produce an extended period of moderate to heavy rainfall across western North Carolina from the morning of the 5th until the early morning hours of the 7th.

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Stokes, NC · Feb 6, 2020

A deep upper-level trough moved slowly across the central and eastern U.S. bringing abundant moisture northward and combined with a complex frontal boundary with several waves of low pressure to bring repeated rounds of heavy rainfall.

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Caswell, NC · Feb 6, 2020

A deep upper-level trough moved slowly across the central and eastern U.S. bringing abundant moisture northward and combined with a complex frontal boundary with several waves of low pressure to bring repeated rounds of heavy rainfall.

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Stokes, NC · Nov 12, 2020

One of the most significant flooding events in years occurred during November 11th and 12th, given both the amounts of rainfall and the footprint where flooding occurred.

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Wilkes, NC · Nov 12, 2020

One of the most significant flooding events in years occurred during November 11th and 12th, given both the amounts of rainfall and the footprint where flooding occurred.

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Rockingham, NC · Nov 12, 2020

One of the most significant flooding events in years occurred during November 11th and 12th, given both the amounts of rainfall and the footprint where flooding occurred.

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Surry, NC · Nov 12, 2020

One of the most significant flooding events in years occurred during November 11th and 12th, given both the amounts of rainfall and the footprint where flooding occurred.

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Surry, NC · Nov 12, 2020

One of the most significant flooding events in years occurred during November 11th and 12th, given both the amounts of rainfall and the footprint where flooding occurred.

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