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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

Person, NC · Aug 19, 2018

A meso-scale boundary along the North Carolina-Virginia state line sparked a complex of slow moving convection that produced 4 to 5 inches of rain and isolated flash flooding across Person County.

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Flash Flood

Wake, NC · Aug 19, 2018

A meso-scale boundary along the North Carolina-Virginia state line sparked a complex of slow moving convection that produced 4 to 5 inches of rain and isolated flash flooding across Person County.

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Flash Flood

Wake, NC · Aug 19, 2018

A meso-scale boundary along the North Carolina-Virginia state line sparked a complex of slow moving convection that produced 4 to 5 inches of rain and isolated flash flooding across Person County.

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Flash Flood

Wake, NC · Aug 20, 2018

A meso-scale boundary along the North Carolina-Virginia state line sparked a complex of slow moving convection that produced 4 to 5 inches of rain and isolated flash flooding across Person County.

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Flash Flood

Orange, NC · Aug 20, 2018

A meso-scale boundary along the North Carolina-Virginia state line sparked a complex of slow moving convection that produced 4 to 5 inches of rain and isolated flash flooding across Person County.

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Flash Flood

Wake, NC · Aug 20, 2018

A meso-scale boundary along the North Carolina-Virginia state line sparked a complex of slow moving convection that produced 4 to 5 inches of rain and isolated flash flooding across Person County.

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Flash Flood

Wake, NC · Aug 20, 2018

A meso-scale boundary along the North Carolina-Virginia state line sparked a complex of slow moving convection that produced 4 to 5 inches of rain and isolated flash flooding across Person County.

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Flash Flood

Wake, NC · Aug 19, 2018

A meso-scale boundary along the North Carolina-Virginia state line sparked a complex of slow moving convection that produced 4 to 5 inches of rain and isolated flash flooding across Person County.

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Flash Flood

Davidson, NC · Aug 2, 2018

Heavy rain showers and thunderstorms developed over central NC in association with a series of disturbances moving through the long wave trough aloft. Deep moist advection and unidirectional flow through the atmosphere resulted in training of heavy rain and thunderstorms.

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Flash Flood

Forsyth, NC · Aug 2, 2018

Heavy rain showers and thunderstorms developed over central NC in association with a series of disturbances moving through the long wave trough aloft. Deep moist advection and unidirectional flow through the atmosphere resulted in training of heavy rain and thunderstorms.

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Flash Flood

Davidson, NC · Aug 2, 2018

Heavy rain showers and thunderstorms developed over central NC in association with a series of disturbances moving through the long wave trough aloft. Deep moist advection and unidirectional flow through the atmosphere resulted in training of heavy rain and thunderstorms.

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Flash Flood

Nash, NC · Jul 31, 2018

Deep Gulf of Mexico moisture channeling between an amplifying trough over the mid-lower MS Valley and the western Atlantic ridge led to precipitable waters increasing to to over 2.0 over the area.

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Flash Flood

Wilkes, NC · Jul 31, 2018

An upper ridge off the east coast and an upper low over the central U.S. combined to bring enhanced moisture into the region. Weak low pressure along a frontal boundary draped near the Virginia-North Carolina border provided additional convergence and lift to produce widespread…

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Flash Flood

Wilson, NC · Jul 31, 2018

Deep Gulf of Mexico moisture channeling between an amplifying trough over the mid-lower MS Valley and the western Atlantic ridge led to precipitable waters increasing to to over 2.0 over the area.

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Flash Flood

Edgecombe, NC · Jul 31, 2018

Deep Gulf of Mexico moisture channeling between an amplifying trough over the mid-lower MS Valley and the western Atlantic ridge led to precipitable waters increasing to to over 2.0 over the area.

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Flash Flood

Nash, NC · Jul 31, 2018

Deep Gulf of Mexico moisture channeling between an amplifying trough over the mid-lower MS Valley and the western Atlantic ridge led to precipitable waters increasing to to over 2.0 over the area.

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Flash Flood

Yadkin, NC · Jul 31, 2018

An upper ridge off the east coast and an upper low over the central U.S. combined to bring enhanced moisture into the region. Weak low pressure along a frontal boundary draped near the Virginia-North Carolina border provided additional convergence and lift to produce widespread…

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Flash Flood

Alamance, NC · Sep 16, 2018

A ridge of high pressure over eastern North America stalled Florence's forward motion a few miles off the southeast North Carolina coast on September 13th.

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Flash Flood

Orange, NC · Sep 16, 2018

A ridge of high pressure over eastern North America stalled Florence's forward motion a few miles off the southeast North Carolina coast on September 13th.

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Flash Flood

Wake, NC · Sep 14, 2018

A ridge of high pressure over eastern North America stalled Florence's forward motion a few miles off the southeast North Carolina coast on September 13th.

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Flash Flood

Moore, NC · Sep 15, 2018

A ridge of high pressure over eastern North America stalled Florence's forward motion a few miles off the southeast North Carolina coast on September 13th.

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Flash Flood

Durham, NC · Sep 17, 2018

A ridge of high pressure over eastern North America stalled Florence's forward motion a few miles off the southeast North Carolina coast on September 13th.

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Flash Flood

Person, NC · Sep 17, 2018

A ridge of high pressure over eastern North America stalled Florence's forward motion a few miles off the southeast North Carolina coast on September 13th.

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Flash Flood

Stanly, NC · Sep 16, 2018

A ridge of high pressure over eastern North America stalled Florence's forward motion a few miles off the southeast North Carolina coast on September 13th.

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