Flash Flood — New Hanover, North Carolina

2024-09-16 · near Carolina Beach, New Hanover, North Carolina

$10K

Property damage

Event narrative

Carolina Beach Elementary School plus a dozen other structures were flooded.

Wider weather episode

Potential Tropical Cyclone #8 located off the SC coast was classified by the National Hurricane Center on September 15 and a Tropical Storm Warning was issued for the entire coast of southeast NC and northeast SC at that time. The system slowly moved toward the coast but never became organized enough to be classified as a tropical (or subtropical) cyclone, eventually moving inland around the NC/SC border on September 16. The system brought historic rainfall amounts and extensive flash flooding to portions of southeast North Carolina, focused most in Carolina Beach where 29 adults, 2 children, 5 dogs, and 3 cats required water rescue from the local Fire Departments. In addition, tropical storm force gusts, minor to moderate coastal flooding, and 1 tornado occurred.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1211946. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.