Flash Flood — Bladen, North Carolina

2024-08-08 · near Bladenboro Arpt, Bladen, North Carolina

Event narrative

Water intrusion into homes and businesses have been reported across Bladenboro. Between 2 to 3 feet of standing water have been reported, in some cases higher. One swift water rescue performed.

Wider weather episode

After making landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida as a Category 1 hurricane on August 5, Debby weakened to a tropical storm as it slowly moved across southeastern Georgia and offshore before making another landfall along the central SC coast between Charleston and Georgetown. The storm then moved northwest to near the SC/NC border and weakened to a tropical depression on August 8 before quickly becoming a non-tropical low pressure system. The storm's main impact across southeastern NC was flash/river flooding from heavy rainfall but tropical storm force wind gusts, minor coastal flooding, and 3 weak tornadoes also occurred.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1207294. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.