Flash Flood, Swain
- When
- April 4, 1:30 AM EST to 2:30 AM EST
- Where
- Swain County, Bryson City
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.487, -83.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in North Carolina, April 4, 2000
Heavy rain overnight caused some brief flooding of River Road, a back road in town.
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.
Heavy rain overnight caused some brief flooding of River Road, a back road in town.
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:31 UTC.
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
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, April 4, 2000
- Strong Wind in Iowa, April 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Washington, April 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, April 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, April 4, 2000
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, April 4, 2000
- Flooding in New York, April 4 to 7, 2000
- Flooding in New Hampshire, April 4 to 6, 2000
- Flooding in New York, April 4 to 6, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, April 4, 2000
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 4, 2000
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 4, 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: 5141821.