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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

McDowell, NC · Sep 16, 2018

Tropical Cyclone Florence made landfall on the 15th and moved slowly west while weakening through the 16th. Widespread rainfall of 4 to 10 inches, with locally higher amounts fell across western North Carolina over a 36-48 hour period, with the highest totals reported along the…

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Caldwell, NC · Sep 16, 2018

Tropical Cyclone Florence made landfall on the 15th and moved slowly west while weakening through the 16th. Widespread rainfall of 4 to 10 inches, with locally higher amounts fell across western North Carolina over a 36-48 hour period, with the highest totals reported along the…

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Rowan, NC · Sep 16, 2018

Tropical Cyclone Florence made landfall on the 15th and moved slowly west while weakening through the 16th. Widespread rainfall of 4 to 10 inches, with locally higher amounts fell across western North Carolina over a 36-48 hour period, with the highest totals reported along the…

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Mecklenburg, NC · Sep 16, 2018

Tropical Cyclone Florence made landfall on the 15th and moved slowly west while weakening through the 16th. Widespread rainfall of 4 to 10 inches, with locally higher amounts fell across western North Carolina over a 36-48 hour period, with the highest totals reported along the…

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Cabarrus, NC · Sep 16, 2018

Tropical Cyclone Florence made landfall on the 15th and moved slowly west while weakening through the 16th. Widespread rainfall of 4 to 10 inches, with locally higher amounts fell across western North Carolina over a 36-48 hour period, with the highest totals reported along the…

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Burke, NC · Sep 17, 2018

Tropical Cyclone Florence made landfall on the 15th and moved slowly west while weakening through the 16th. Widespread rainfall of 4 to 10 inches, with locally higher amounts fell across western North Carolina over a 36-48 hour period, with the highest totals reported along the…

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Flash Flood

Mecklenburg, NC · Jul 20, 1998

An isolated severe thunderstorm in Waynesville downed numerous limbs and power lines. One thousand people power lost power as well. A cluster of thunderstorms moved from northern Cleveland county, east-southeast and became severe in the eastern portions, downing numerous trees.

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Flash Flood

Wilson, NC · Jul 27, 2021

A weak mid level disturbance moved across the area during the early morning hours, interacting with a very moist airmass. This allowed for a large cluster of slow moving showers and storms to develop and produced heavy rain and several reports of flash flooding across portions…

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Flash Flood

Johnston, NC · Jul 27, 2021

A weak mid level disturbance moved across the area during the early morning hours, interacting with a very moist airmass. This allowed for a large cluster of slow moving showers and storms to develop and produced heavy rain and several reports of flash flooding across portions…

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Flash Flood

Johnston, NC · Jul 27, 2021

A weak mid level disturbance moved across the area during the early morning hours, interacting with a very moist airmass. This allowed for a large cluster of slow moving showers and storms to develop and produced heavy rain and several reports of flash flooding across portions…

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Harnett, NC · Jul 27, 2021

A weak mid level disturbance moved across the area during the early morning hours, interacting with a very moist airmass. This allowed for a large cluster of slow moving showers and storms to develop and produced heavy rain and several reports of flash flooding across portions…

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Flash Flood

Mecklenburg, NC · Aug 11, 2021

Scattered thunderstorms developed across western North Carolina throughout the afternoon into the evening. Several of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts in the Piedmont.

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Flood

Henderson, NC · Mar 25, 2021

Widespread heavy rain showers and scattered thunderstorms developed north of a warm front across western North Carolina throughout the 25th into the 26th.

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Flash Flood

Randolph, NC · May 29, 2020

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms during the late morning into the early afternoon developed in a moist and unstable air mass with a deep plume of tropical moisture flowing into central North Carolina in advance of an approaching mid level disturbance from the…

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Sampson, NC · May 29, 2020

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms during the late morning into the early afternoon developed in a moist and unstable air mass with a deep plume of tropical moisture flowing into central North Carolina in advance of an approaching mid level disturbance from the…

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Randolph, NC · Jul 14, 2021

A band of showers and thunderstorms developed during the early evening in a moist and unstable environment. The band produced heavy rain across potions of the western Piedmont of central North Carolina during the early evening hours, resulting in isolated flash flooding and…

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Flash Flood

Clay, NC · Apr 13, 2020

A prolonged convective event with deep moist southerly flow in an unstable environment with strong wind shear generated supercell thunderstorms across Southeast Tennessee and Southwest North Carolina.

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Flood

Watauga, NC · May 20, 2020

An upper-level low became cut-off over the southern Appalachian region for several days leading to persistent rainfall and eventually some flooding.

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Coastal Flood

Camden, NC · Aug 4, 2020

The center of Tropical Storm Isaias tracked north just inland of the Middle Atlantic Coast from late Monday night, August 3rd through Tuesday morning, August 4th.

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Coastal Flood

Chowan, NC · Aug 4, 2020

The center of Tropical Storm Isaias tracked north just inland of the Middle Atlantic Coast from late Monday night, August 3rd through Tuesday morning, August 4th.

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Coastal Flood

Eastern Currituck, NC · Aug 4, 2020

The center of Tropical Storm Isaias tracked north just inland of the Middle Atlantic Coast from late Monday night, August 3rd through Tuesday morning, August 4th.

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Coastal Flood

Pasquotank, NC · Aug 4, 2020

The center of Tropical Storm Isaias tracked north just inland of the Middle Atlantic Coast from late Monday night, August 3rd through Tuesday morning, August 4th.

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Coastal Flood

Perquimans, NC · Aug 4, 2020

The center of Tropical Storm Isaias tracked north just inland of the Middle Atlantic Coast from late Monday night, August 3rd through Tuesday morning, August 4th.

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Coastal Flood

Western Currituck, NC · Aug 4, 2020

The center of Tropical Storm Isaias tracked north just inland of the Middle Atlantic Coast from late Monday night, August 3rd through Tuesday morning, August 4th.

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