North Carolina, 2019Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 18, 2019
June 18, 2019 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Scattered to numerous slow-moving thunderstorms developed across the southern Appalachians during the afternoon and evening. One slow-moving storm produced excessive rainfall and a small area of flash flooding in the Bakersville area.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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Scattered to numerous slow-moving thunderstorms developed across the southern Appalachians during the afternoon and evening. One slow-moving storm produced excessive rainfall and a small area of flash flooding in the Bakersville area.
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 18, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 18, 10:56 AM EST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>Flash Flood, Yancey
- When
- June 18, 3:00 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Yancey County, 3.58 mi ENE of Green Mtn to 4.64 mi ENE of Green Mtn
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.016, -82.189
County comms reported multiple roads closed due to flash flooding or small landslides after around 3 inches of rain fell in the Bakersville area in just a couple of hours. Flooded roads included Sweet Creek Rd, which was inundated with water near the confluence of Cub Creek and Sweet Creek.
- 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.
- Cold in California, June 18 to 24, 20193 deaths · 3 events
- Heat in Nevada, June 18 to 20, 20192 deaths · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 18 to 19, 2019$222,000 · EF1 · 41 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 18 to 19, 20193 injured · $500,000 · 4 in hail · 13 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, June 18 to 21, 2019$102,000 · 50 kt wind · 50 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 18 to 19, 2019$112,000 · 2 in hail · 30 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 18 to 19, 20191 injured · $35,000 · 50 kt wind · 12 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kansas, June 18 to 21, 20192.5 in hail · 45 events
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 18, 2019EF0 · 41 events
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 18, 2019$48,000 · 7 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Ohio, June 18 to 20, 201928 events
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 18, 2019$25,000 · 50 kt wind · 8 events
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 841292.