Heavy Rain in Ashe County, North Carolina

Heavy Rain April 16, 2024 · Ashe County, North Carolina

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A personal weather station (Weather Underground: KNCLANSI49) recorded a 2-hour rainfall amount of 2.76 inches. This is nearly a 25-year Average Recurrence Interval event per NOAA Atlas 14 Point Precipitation Frequency estimates. Rainfall rates were measured to be as high as 1.5 inches per hour at times.

The wider storm

A slow moving thunderstorm developed over rural northwest Ashe County in a moderately unstable environment during the afternoon of the 16th. By 1815Z (2:15 PM EDT), estimated rainfall amounts over 2.5 inches had fallen over the past hour in the Lansing area, which was near a 50-year average recurrence interval per FLASH data. One automated personal weather station indicated rainfall rates of up to 1.5 inches per hour at times during the storm.

Began near Flatwood (36.5500, -81.6120).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1162724. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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