Heavy Rain — Ashe, North Carolina

2024-04-16 · near Flatwood, Ashe, North Carolina

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1162724. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.