Flood in Caldwell County, North Carolina

Flood January 9, 2024 – January 10, 2024 · Caldwell 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

A stream gauge on Johns River in Burke County exceeded its established flood stage, indicating flooding along the river upstream in Caldwell County after 3 to 5 inches of rain fell in the basin in about 12 hours. Highway 90 and Adako Rd were inundated in the Collettsville community.

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 Collettsville (35.9330, -81.6750).

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 1160803. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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