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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.

Tropical Storm

Jones, NC · Aug 4, 2020

Hurricane Isaias originated from a vigorous tropical wave off the coast of Africa that was first identified by the National Hurricane Center on July 23, 2020. The tropical wave gradually became more organized, and became Tropical Storm Isaias on July 30.

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Tropical Storm

Duplin, NC · Aug 4, 2020

Hurricane Isaias originated from a vigorous tropical wave off the coast of Africa that was first identified by the National Hurricane Center on July 23, 2020. The tropical wave gradually became more organized, and became Tropical Storm Isaias on July 30.

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Tropical Storm

Northern Outer Banks, NC · Aug 4, 2020

Hurricane Isaias originated from a vigorous tropical wave off the coast of Africa that was first identified by the National Hurricane Center on July 23, 2020. The tropical wave gradually became more organized, and became Tropical Storm Isaias on July 30.

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Tropical Storm

Lenoir, NC · Aug 4, 2020

Hurricane Isaias originated from a vigorous tropical wave off the coast of Africa that was first identified by the National Hurricane Center on July 23, 2020. The tropical wave gradually became more organized, and became Tropical Storm Isaias on July 30.

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Tropical Storm

Avery, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Davie, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Madison, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Yancey, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Mitchell, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Swain, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Buncombe, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Catawba, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Graham, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Transylvania, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Henderson, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Lincoln, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Cabarrus, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Union, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Burke Mountains, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Tropical Storm

Greater Burke, NC · Oct 29, 2020

Tropical moisture and heavy rain overspread western North Carolina throughout the 28th through the morning of the 29th as the center of Tropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the southern Appalachians.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Duplin, NC · Jul 5, 2008

A moist and unstable atmosphere in combination with an inland trough and sea-breeze front provided the ingredients for isolated strong to severe thunderstorms, which produced strong damaging winds, large hail, and flooding rains across the parts of the coastal plains of eastern…

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Coastal Flood

Eastern Currituck, NC · Sep 20, 2024

The combination of strong high pressure over eastern Canada and weak low pressure off the southern New England coast, resulted in prolonged northeast, east and southeast winds which caused minor to moderate (tidal) coastal flooding over portions of Currituck county adjacent to…

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Flash Flood

Guilford, NC · Aug 14, 2021

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed along a pre-frontal trough in a very hot and unstable environment over the North Carolina Piedmont.

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Flash Flood

Currituck, NC · Sep 17, 2024

An occluded front from the remnants of Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight slowly lifted north on September 17. Heavy, training showers developed ahead of and along this front and produced locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding across portions of northeast North Carolina into…

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