North Carolina, 2011

Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 19, 2011

June 19, 2011 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A persistent area of thunderstorms along the Tennessee\North Carolina line caused flash flooding in parts of the North Carolina mountains.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
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.

A persistent area of thunderstorms along the Tennessee\North Carolina line caused flash flooding in parts of the North Carolina mountains.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 19, 6:44 AM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:44 AM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
744 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER IN OUR AREA TODAY. THE FRONT
WILL MOVE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT EARLY IN THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE
MOVES INTO THE AREA. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE AREA LATE IN
THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
A LOW LEVEL JET PROVIDING FORCING OVER A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND
MID LEVEL FORCING FROM AN MCS MOVING EWD ARE COMBINING TO PRODUCE
SCT CONVECTION ACROSS THE NC MTNS AND ISOLATED CONVECTION ELSEWHERE.
EXPECT THIS CONVECTION TO WANE BY MID MORNING AS MIXING ERODES THE
LIFT FROM THE LOW LEVEL JET. THAT SAID...AN MCV FROM THE MCS WILL
MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SWIFTLY MOVE EAST ACROSS
THE AREA. THIS FORCING COMBINED WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY OVER THE
AREA WILL PRODUCE A BKN LINE OF CONVECTION THAN SPREADS ACROSS THE
AREA THRU THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF SVR STORMS SEEMS LIKELY
TODAY GIVEN THE FORCING...INSTABILITY...MUCH STRONGER SHEAR AND HIGH
LEVELS OF DCAPE AND SFC DELTA THETA-E. THE MODE OF CONVECTION SHOULD
BE SIMILAR TO SATURDAY WITH BOW ECHOES DRIVEN BY DEVELOPING COLD
POOLS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.
TIMING OF THE SVR STORMS IS STILL SOMEWHAT IN QUESTION...SO WILL NOT
MENTION ANY SVR IN THE GRIDS...BUT WILL IN THE HWO.

THE CONVECTION SHOULD QUICKLY MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY
EVENING. HOWEVER...THE GUIDANCE ALL AGREES THAT ANOTHER MCV WILL
MOVE JUST NORTH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO SCT
CONVECTION RETURNING TO MUCH OF NC AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS CONVECTION
SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY DAYBREAK. WILL HAVE TO WATCH TO SEE
IF SVR CHANCE RETURNS WITH THIS OVERNIGHT CONVECTION.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
AT 2 AM EDT SUNDAY...AS AN UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES OVER THE TN AND OH
RIVER VALLEYS MONDAY...NORTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW WILL DIRECT IMPULSES
INTO THE CAROLINAS...WHILE A WARM FRONT MOVES SLOWLY NORTH FROM NC
TO VA. SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF
OUR AREA CLOSEST TO THE UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE TRACK AND THE FRONT...
WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION TO THE SOUTH...PEAKING IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH THE BEST INSTABILITY. ON TUESDAY
OUR AREA WILL BE UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE...WITH UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS
TRACKING WELL NORTH OF OUR AREA....AND THE WARM FRONT WELL OFF TO
THE NORTH. INSTABILITY REMAINS...BUT ONLY ISOLATED CONVECTION IS
EXPECTED WITH DIURNAL HEATING AS UPPER LEVEL FORCING IS LACKING.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL AS HEIGHTS RISE ALOFT WITH
THE BUILDING AND SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE UPPER RIDGE.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT 2 AM EDT SUNDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL BE ALONG THE
EAST COAST ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE A TROUGH WILL BE LOCATED UPSTREAM
OVER THE MS RIVER VALLEY. THE RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES SLOWLY
OFFSHORE LATE IN THE WEEK...AND THE TROUGH AXIS REACHES THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS BY THE WEEKEND. OUR AREA REMAINS IN A WARM AND HUMID
AIR MASS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD
FRONT...AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POPS WILL BE CARRIED IN THE
FORECAST. FRONTAL PASSAGE OCCURS LATE FRIDAY...AND SCATTERED
CONVECTION IS EXPECTED WITH THIS BOUNDARY. CONVECTION MAY LINGER
SATURDAY IN THE IN PROXIMITY TO THE DEPARTING FRONT. TEMPERATURES
WILL TREND DOWNWARD FROM WELL ABOVE NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY...TO NEAR
NORMAL LATE IN THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...MTN CONVECTION WILL MAKE A RUN AT THE AIRFIELD THIS
MORNING. HOWEVER...PREVIOUS CONVECTION HAS BEEN WEAKENING TO SHRA SO
HAVE LIMITED MENTION TO VCSH AND CB. EXPECT THIS CONVECTION TO WANE
THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION MOVES IN
THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE INCLUDED CB FOR THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME.
THIS ROUND OF CONVECTION WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY
EVENING...BUT ANOTHER ROUND COULD DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. DID NOT
MENTION THIS CONVECTION FOR NOW. ANY RESTRICTIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO
CONVECTION MOVING OVER. WINDS WILL STAY SOUTH OF WEST UNTIL AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

ELSEWHERE...THINKING FOR THE OTHER TAF SITES IS BASICALLY THE SAME
AS FOR CLT. KAVL THE EXCEPTION WHERE CONVECTION WILL MOVE OVER THIS
MORNING...AND KAND WHERE CONVECTION WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE SITE.
EXPECT GENERALLY WLY WINDS TODAY WITH LOW END GUSTS FOR THE SC
SITES. KAVL REMAINS NLY. LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

OUTLOOK...DRIER AND HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY...
THOUGH ISOLATED TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MTNS. A COLD FRONT WILL
BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF TSTMS...AND RESTRICTIONS...BY WED OR THU.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JAT
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...MCAVOY/RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 8:20 AM EST, 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
920 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-201330-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
920 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL
BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WHERE SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS
THE SAME AREAS.

THIS AFTERNOON...ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IS EXPECTED. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STORMS TO FORM A LINE AND
MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS DURING THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN RAPIDLY CROSS THE REST OF THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING HOURS. SHOULD THIS DEVELOP...AREAS OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS WOULD ACCOMPANY THE LINE AS IT CROSSES THE REGION...
ALONG WITH SOME LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
DISPATCHERS PLEASE BE SURE THAT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MADE
AWARE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TODAY.

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:01 AM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

NCZ048-052-053-191145-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-MADISON-
701 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN BUNCOMBE...NORTHERN
HAYWOOD AND SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 745 AM EDT...

AT 658 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROUND MOUNTAIN...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEWPORT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WEAVERVILLE...WALNUT...SPRING CREEK...MARSHALL...MARS HILL...
  LUCK...HOT SPRINGS...CANTO AND BARNARDSVILLE.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3589 8244 3586 8242 3582 8241 3582 8237
      3564 8239 3573 8311 3578 8310 3580 8308
      3580 8305 3578 8299 3584 8292 3591 8291

07
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:53 AM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
753 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

NCZ053-504>508-191245-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
753 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BUNCOMBE...NORTHERN
RUTHERFORD...SOUTHERN BURKE AND SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH
845 AM EDT...

AT 748 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLACK MOUNTAIN...OR 12 MILES EAST OF
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAIRVIEW...
  THERMAL CITY...SWANNANOA...SUNSHINE...SUGAR HILL...OLD FORT...
  MONTREAT...GLENWOOD...FERO...DYSARTSVILLE AND BLACK MOUNTAIN.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3560 8163 3556 8164 3558 8169 3536 8170
      3549 8232 3550 8233 3549 8234 3551 8242
      3569 8238

07
Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:53 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
853 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0755 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ESE SWANNANOA         35.59N 82.36W
06/19/2011                   BUNCOMBE           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            POWER LINES DOWN ALONG ONEIL CIRCLE.

&&

MCAVOY
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:56 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
856 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

NCZ048-049-053-505-191345-
BUNCOMBE-MADISON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-YANCEY-
856 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MADISON...NORTHEASTERN
BUNCOMBE...WESTERN MCDOWELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 945 AM EDT...

AT 848 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMSS NORTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS...OR 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MARSHALL...
  MARS HILL...
  BARNARDSVILLE...
  RAMSEYTOWN...
  BURNSVILLE...
  MICAVILLE...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
SOME OF THESE STORMS.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3604 8259 3597 8260 3596 8256 3603 8244
      3601 8228 3599 8225 3599 8219 3595 8219
      3591 8215 3564 8220 3568 8243 3580 8295
      3588 8291 3593 8292 3596 8288 3593 8281
      3599 8279 3606 8266

LG
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:15 AM EST, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
915 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

NCZ048-051>053-059-191400-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-MADISON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN-
915 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HAYWOOD...NORTHWESTERN
JACKSON...SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...SWAIN AND WESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES
THROUGH 1000 AM EDT...

AT 909 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWEST OF WATERVILLE...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MAGGIE VALLEY...
  LAKE JUNALUSKA...
  LEICESTER...
  WEAVERVILLE...

WINDS GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3557 8377 3557 8371 3557 8349 3567 8334
      3566 8330 3573 8324 3573 8321 3576 8317
      3579 8304 3578 8299 3581 8296 3569 8248
      3532 8352 3539 8360 3543 8359 3544 8365
      3555 8379

LG
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:59 AM EST, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
959 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

NCZ049-051>053-059-062>065-505>508-191445-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER
RUTHERFORD-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-MACON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-NORTHERN
JACKSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN
JACKSON-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY-
959 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUNCOMBE...JACKSON...NORTHEASTERN
MACON...NORTHERN HENDERSON...NORTHERN TRANSYLVANIA...NORTHWESTERN
RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY...SOUTHERN HAYWOOD...SOUTHERN
MCDOWELL AND SOUTHERN SWAIN COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 AM EDT...

AT 951 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WOODLAWN TO BRYSON
CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WOODFIN...
  UNC ASHEVILLE...
  THORPE RESERVOIR...
  CASHIERS...
  ASHEVILLE MALL...
  I-26 AT I-40...

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3580 8220 3552 8184 3548 8194 3555 8200
      3547 8201 3542 8213 3508 8316 3542 8350

LG

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1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Madison

When
June 19, 9:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where
Madison County, 1.32 mi WNW of Big Laurel to 0.89 mi NW of Barnard
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
35.940, -82.700

A series of thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall that resulted in rapid rises along Big Laurel Creek, with flash flooding developing in a couple of spots. Big Laurel Rd, about 9 miles north northeast of Marshall, was under water for a while. A home was flooded on Laurel Valley Rd. In addition, a small stream overflowed its banks in the Walnut community, about 5 miles north northwest of Marshall, with water entering a home.

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.

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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: 331596.