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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

Davidson, NC · Apr 13, 2019

A series of upper-level disturbances moved northeast across a stationary cold front situated over central NC in a moist and unstable atmosphere.

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Flash Flood

Davidson, NC · Apr 13, 2019

A series of upper-level disturbances moved northeast across a stationary cold front situated over central NC in a moist and unstable atmosphere.

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Flash Flood

Davidson, NC · Apr 13, 2019

A series of upper-level disturbances moved northeast across a stationary cold front situated over central NC in a moist and unstable atmosphere.

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Flash Flood

Randolph, NC · Apr 13, 2019

A series of upper-level disturbances moved northeast across a stationary cold front situated over central NC in a moist and unstable atmosphere.

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Flash Flood

Orange, NC · Apr 13, 2019

A series of upper-level disturbances moved northeast across a stationary cold front situated over central NC in a moist and unstable atmosphere.

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Flash Flood

Durham, NC · Apr 13, 2019

A series of upper-level disturbances moved northeast across a stationary cold front situated over central NC in a moist and unstable atmosphere.

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Flash Flood

Henderson, NC · Nov 11, 2009

Several hours of widespread moderate to heavy rain caused flooding and flash flooding across parts of western North Carolina, especially across the mountains.

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Flood

Watauga, NC · Apr 24, 2018

A wet period developed from April 23-25 as an upper level low over the southeastern U.S. slowly tracked toward the Atlantic coast. Rainfall was persistent during this period with sustained south to southeasterly flow with the heaviest rains falling in the 24-hour period ending…

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Flash Flood

Forsyth, NC · Aug 14, 2020

Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along a southward sinking outflow boundary in a very moist atmosphere, characterized by a weak westerly steering flow. This resulted in training showers and storms producing heavy rainfall.

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Flash Flood

Wake, NC · Aug 14, 2020

Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along a southward sinking outflow boundary in a very moist atmosphere, characterized by a weak westerly steering flow. This resulted in training showers and storms producing heavy rainfall.

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Flash Flood

Wake, NC · Aug 14, 2020

Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along a southward sinking outflow boundary in a very moist atmosphere, characterized by a weak westerly steering flow. This resulted in training showers and storms producing heavy rainfall.

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Flash Flood

Wake, NC · Aug 14, 2020

Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along a southward sinking outflow boundary in a very moist atmosphere, characterized by a weak westerly steering flow. This resulted in training showers and storms producing heavy rainfall.

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Flash Flood

Rockingham, NC · Aug 27, 2008

The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay moved slowly up the west side of the Appalachian mountains and interacted with a frontal boundary just to our south. Some upslope enhancement occurred allowing 5-10 inches of rain to fall.

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Flood

Transylvania, NC · Sep 13, 2020

Waves of rain showers developing in the vicinity of a stationary front and in response to very moist upslope flow resulted in heavy rainfall along and near the southern Blue Ridge escarpment from the 12th into the early morning of the 13th, with as much as 4 inches of rain…

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Flash Flood

Warren, NC · May 21, 2018

An outflow-augmented back-door cold front, served as the foci for a slow northeast to southwest moving cluster of storms and torrential rainfall across the northern Piedmont and northern Coastal Plain counties.

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Flash Flood

Wilkes, NC · May 16, 2009

A cold front moving into the region helped trigger showers and thunderstorms across the Blue Ridge and foothills of North Carolina. The storms were slow movers and heavy rain producers.

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Flash Flood

Harnett, NC · Jun 19, 2020

Cyclonic, perturbed flow related to a weakening mid and upper level low centered over Ohio and Pennsylvania supported the development of numerous, mainly multi-cellular storms that produced sub-severe hail and flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Sampson, NC · Jun 19, 2020

Cyclonic, perturbed flow related to a weakening mid and upper level low centered over Ohio and Pennsylvania supported the development of numerous, mainly multi-cellular storms that produced sub-severe hail and flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Sampson, NC · Jun 19, 2020

Cyclonic, perturbed flow related to a weakening mid and upper level low centered over Ohio and Pennsylvania supported the development of numerous, mainly multi-cellular storms that produced sub-severe hail and flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Sampson, NC · Jun 19, 2020

Cyclonic, perturbed flow related to a weakening mid and upper level low centered over Ohio and Pennsylvania supported the development of numerous, mainly multi-cellular storms that produced sub-severe hail and flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Sampson, NC · Jun 19, 2020

Cyclonic, perturbed flow related to a weakening mid and upper level low centered over Ohio and Pennsylvania supported the development of numerous, mainly multi-cellular storms that produced sub-severe hail and flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Sampson, NC · Jun 19, 2020

Cyclonic, perturbed flow related to a weakening mid and upper level low centered over Ohio and Pennsylvania supported the development of numerous, mainly multi-cellular storms that produced sub-severe hail and flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Sampson, NC · Jun 19, 2020

Cyclonic, perturbed flow related to a weakening mid and upper level low centered over Ohio and Pennsylvania supported the development of numerous, mainly multi-cellular storms that produced sub-severe hail and flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Moore, NC · Jun 19, 2020

Cyclonic, perturbed flow related to a weakening mid and upper level low centered over Ohio and Pennsylvania supported the development of numerous, mainly multi-cellular storms that produced sub-severe hail and flash flooding.

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