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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

Wake, NC · Oct 9, 2021

The combination of high moisture content air and a slow moving negatively tilted upper trough, along with a boundary stalled across the area resulted in areas of very heavy rain during the morning into the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Johnston, NC · Oct 9, 2021

The combination of high moisture content air and a slow moving negatively tilted upper trough, along with a boundary stalled across the area resulted in areas of very heavy rain during the morning into the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Johnston, NC · Oct 9, 2021

The combination of high moisture content air and a slow moving negatively tilted upper trough, along with a boundary stalled across the area resulted in areas of very heavy rain during the morning into the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Wake, NC · Oct 9, 2021

The combination of high moisture content air and a slow moving negatively tilted upper trough, along with a boundary stalled across the area resulted in areas of very heavy rain during the morning into the afternoon.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Surry, NC · Jun 9, 1996

Heavy rainfall during the evening hours on the 9th resulted in flash flooding in portions of Surry County.Flood waters from creeks and streams flooded several bridges in Dobson and flooded several bridges, damaged a water park, and resulted in the evacuation of a mobile home 3…

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Coastal Flood

Eastern Currituck, NC · Sep 30, 2022

A combination of surface high pressure centered over the Northeast United States and Tropical Cyclone Ian lifting northwest through eastern South Carolina, resulted in very strong east or northeast winds which caused minor to moderate (tidal) coastal flooding across portions of…

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Flash Flood

Wayne, NC · Aug 7, 2021

Training showers and storms developed along a stalled surface boundary, that was diabatically reinforced by widespread early day convection and resultant overcast skies.

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Flash Flood

Wayne, NC · Aug 7, 2021

Training showers and storms developed along a stalled surface boundary, that was diabatically reinforced by widespread early day convection and resultant overcast skies.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Person, NC · May 22, 2010

Weak perturbation aloft rotated through the cyclonic flow across the region and interacted with a warm moist unstable atmosphere to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms.

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Flash Flood

Lee, NC · Apr 15, 2018

A strong upper low moved from Iowa across the Lower Great Lakes region, with a deep trough taking on a negative tilt while swinging into North Carolina.

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Flash Flood

Durham, NC · Apr 15, 2018

A strong upper low moved from Iowa across the Lower Great Lakes region, with a deep trough taking on a negative tilt while swinging into North Carolina.

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Flash Flood

Scotland, NC · Apr 15, 2018

A strong upper low moved from Iowa across the Lower Great Lakes region, with a deep trough taking on a negative tilt while swinging into North Carolina.

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Flash Flood

Hoke, NC · Apr 15, 2018

A strong upper low moved from Iowa across the Lower Great Lakes region, with a deep trough taking on a negative tilt while swinging into North Carolina.

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Flash Flood

Durham, NC · Apr 15, 2018

A strong upper low moved from Iowa across the Lower Great Lakes region, with a deep trough taking on a negative tilt while swinging into North Carolina.

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Flash Flood

Durham, NC · Apr 15, 2018

A strong upper low moved from Iowa across the Lower Great Lakes region, with a deep trough taking on a negative tilt while swinging into North Carolina.

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Flash Flood

Watauga, NC · May 18, 2018

The synoptic pattern remained little changed from the previous day with deep moisture in place. An axis of very heavy rainfall pushed north across the Carolinas in the late afternoon and evening as the weak area of low pressure over the southeast lifted slowly northward.

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Flash Flood

Stokes, NC · May 18, 2018

The synoptic pattern remained little changed from the previous day with deep moisture in place. An axis of very heavy rainfall pushed north across the Carolinas in the late afternoon and evening as the weak area of low pressure over the southeast lifted slowly northward.

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Flash Flood

Stokes, NC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence made landfall on the far southeast North Carolina coast on September 14th and tracked very slowly across South Carolina before slowly re-curving across far western North Carolina and southwest Virginia as a Tropical Depression and on into the Ohio Valley.

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Flash Flood

Wilkes, NC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence made landfall on the far southeast North Carolina coast on September 14th and tracked very slowly across South Carolina before slowly re-curving across far western North Carolina and southwest Virginia as a Tropical Depression and on into the Ohio Valley.

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Flash Flood

Watauga, NC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence made landfall on the far southeast North Carolina coast on September 14th and tracked very slowly across South Carolina before slowly re-curving across far western North Carolina and southwest Virginia as a Tropical Depression and on into the Ohio Valley.

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Flash Flood

Caswell, NC · Sep 17, 2018

Hurricane Florence made landfall on the far southeast North Carolina coast on September 14th and tracked very slowly across South Carolina before slowly re-curving across far western North Carolina and southwest Virginia as a Tropical Depression and on into the Ohio Valley.

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Flash Flood

Yadkin, NC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence made landfall on the far southeast North Carolina coast on September 14th and tracked very slowly across South Carolina before slowly re-curving across far western North Carolina and southwest Virginia as a Tropical Depression and on into the Ohio Valley.

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Flash Flood

Rockingham, NC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence made landfall on the far southeast North Carolina coast on September 14th and tracked very slowly across South Carolina before slowly re-curving across far western North Carolina and southwest Virginia as a Tropical Depression and on into the Ohio Valley.

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Flash Flood

Alleghany, NC · Sep 16, 2018

Hurricane Florence made landfall on the far southeast North Carolina coast on September 14th and tracked very slowly across South Carolina before slowly re-curving across far western North Carolina and southwest Virginia as a Tropical Depression and on into the Ohio Valley.

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