Flash Flood in Polk County, North Carolina

Flash Flood January 9, 2024 · Polk County, North Carolina

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Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

County comms and newspaper reported flash flooding developed across Polk County after 3 to 5 inches of rain fell across much of the county in around 12 hours. Multiple roads throughout the county were inundated and closed due to either small stream flooding or poor drainage. These included Hunting Country Rd at Carriage Row Rd, Abrams Moore Rd, Coxe Rd at Phillips Dairy Rd, and the intersection of River Rd, Hooker Rd and Scriven Rd.

The wider storm

A major/complex frontal system brought widespread rain with embedded thunderstorms to western North Carolina, mainly during the afternoon of the 9th. Widespread rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches (with locally higher amounts) in around 12 hours resulted in numerous reports of flooding. Isolated severe thunderstorms also resulted in a number of damaging wind gusts reports over the Piedmont, along with an EF1 tornado that impacted portions of Catawba and Iredell Counties.

Began near Saluda (35.2500, -82.3320).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Catawba County 1 dead

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1159551. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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