Flash Flood, Graham
- When
- March 3, 7:30 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Graham County, Snowbird
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -83.834 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in North Carolina, March 3, 1997
The Little Tennessee River flooded in Macon county, and in parts of Graham county numerous small streams flooded washing out some bridges and roads. Some residents reported they observed the highest water levels on small streams in the past 10 years or so.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
The Little Tennessee River flooded in Macon county, and in parts of Graham county numerous small streams flooded washing out some bridges and roads. Some residents reported they observed the highest water levels on small streams in the past 10 years or so. Trees were blown down by the wind at Snowbird (11 S Tapoco).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 3 to 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 3, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 3, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, March 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 3, 1997
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, March 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5594130.