Flash Flood — Cherokee, North Carolina

2022-07-21 · near Marble, Cherokee, North Carolina

Event narrative

Multiple roads inundated. Multiple structures flooded. Some roadside washouts. For the Marble flash flood event, damages were estimated to be at least $1,000,000, with $750,000 of that going to road repair, and the remainder toward properties.

Wider weather episode

A thunderstorm anchored and redeveloping over higher terrain near Marble NC produced up to 8 inches of rain.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1049140. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.