Hurricane Bonnie moved along the coast of northeast North Carolina on August 27th. Very strong winds and heavy rains associated with Bonnie's spiral bands hammered northeast North Carolina Thursday afternoon into early Friday morning.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary setup across Western and Middle Tennessee late Friday night (April 30), and remained through the weekend. A persistent southerly flow fed moisture into the area and precipitable water values rose to almost 2 inches, based on data from KOHX upper air…
Read the full account →Heavy rain over a long period of time caused small stream and urban flooding. A man who had been rescued once from the North Fork of the Roanoke River, returned to his truck with his father, and attempted to recover items from the truck.
Read the full account →The end of May brought widespread flooding to north and central Texas. By the end of the month, the region had essentially erased a four year drought in less than four weeks. Several area lakes were in surcharge capacity and releasing water downstream.
Read the full account →Mild temperatures and heavy rains contributed to rapid snow melt and ice movement during mid April. Rising river levels and ice jams led to flooding across portions of northern and eastern Maine.
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →A very slow-moving upper level low pressure center brought severe weather, heavy rain, and flash flooding from the 20th through the 22nd. For the 24-hour period ending at 7 AM on the 21st, some of the larger rainfall amounts included 6.20 inches at Norfork (Baxter Co.), 6.10…
Read the full account →Four inches of rain fell within five hours in eastern Henrico county causing flooding of roadways and poor drainage areas. This heavy rainfall combined with a 5-foot-deep drainage ditch filled with water contributed to the death and injury of two Richmond sisters.
Read the full account →A line of strong to severe thunderstorms rolled through southern Indiana and central Kentucky during the afternoon and evening hours of December 31, 2018.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Fay made its fourth landfall on Saturday, August 23rd near Carrabelle, Florida, then continued on a steady westward path across the Florida Panhandle.
Read the full account →Several disturbances in advance of a deepening upper level trough over the southwest states led to multiple rounds of showers and storms across North and Central TX. With wet soils already in place, flash flooding was the main weather concern during this time.
Read the full account →Three to five inches of rain caused a significant 100+ year flash flood over the higher terrain of northeast Okanogan County on the evening of July 12.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Fay came ashore along the northeast Florida coast on the 21st. Fay moved slowly westward across northern Florida, producing widespread heavy rainfall and strong winds. On the 22nd, Fay began to approach the waters of Apalachee Bay.
Read the full account →A stalled front interacted with a moist airmass over the region as upper level disturbances moved parallel to the front, producing training thunderstorms over the region through afternoon and evening.
Read the full account →Tropical Depression Bill brought flooding to parts of North Texas. The counties that experienced the most significant flooding were Wise and Montague Counties, and the northern parts of Parker County. Over a foot of rain fell in parts of Montague County.
Read the full account →A historical, record, and catastrophic flood event unfolded during this period, mostly in the west central Georgia area, including the western and northwestern suburbs of Atlanta.
Read the full account →A stacked low pressure system (surface low and upper level low on top of each other) moved southeast of Nantucket, spreading rain across Southern New England. This resulted in widespread rainfall totals of three to six inches.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain from Hurricane Floyd produced widespread flooding and flash flooding across much of central and eastern Virginia, and northeast North Carolina.
Read the full account →A record rain event in May in eastern Montana combined with high water from storms in April and May (and early spring snow melt) and brought high water to the Missouri River chain of reservoirs.
Read the full account →Hurricane Irene produced heavy flooding rain, tropical storm force wind gusts and caused one wind related death across the Eastern Shore. Preliminary damage estimates were around three million dollars and approximately 85,000 homes and businesses lost power.
Read the full account →The heavy rains brought the Cosumnes River to record flows above designed limits for the protective levees. Twenty breaks occurred, with the largest near the town of Wilton in the southern end of the county.
Read the full account →Convection dropped from northwestern Ohio during the late afternoon and reached into southeast Ohio during the evening hours of the 4th. This was south of an east to west cold front in northern Ohio. That front was sinking slowly south. Surface dew points were in the mid 60s.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Erin produced significant flash flooding along a line from northern Jasper County to northern Laclede County. Numerous roads were washed out across Lawrence, Greene, Polk, Dallas, and Webster counties. This prompted several water rescues.
Read the full account →Heavy rains continued to occur across the Mid-Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley during the beginning part of May. In addition, spring snow melt across the Dakotas and Minnesota continued to create higher than normal river levels on the Mississippi River.
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