Flood, Watauga
- When
- April 3, 10:35 PM EST to April 4, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Boone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in North Carolina, April 3 to 4, 2000
Heavy rain during the evening of the 3rd and early morning of the 4th caused street flooding in Boone, and also flooded Kraut Creek in Boone.
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 RNK wrote it up.
Heavy rain during the evening of the 3rd and early morning of the 4th caused street flooding in Boone, and also flooded Kraut Creek in Boone.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, April 3, 2000
- Rip Current in Florida, April 3, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, April 3, 2000
- Tornado in Texas, April 3, 2000
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 3, 2000
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 3, 2000
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 3, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 3, 2000
- Tornado in Texas, April 3, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, April 3, 2000
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2000
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: 5140632.