Flash Flood — Ashe, North Carolina

2024-08-30 · near West Jefferson, Ashe, North Carolina

Event narrative

U.S. Highway 221 Business was closed due to flooding caused by heavy rain from a thunderstorm. Rainfall rates from the storm were observed to be three to four inches per hour, with a total of around 1.5 inches.

Wider weather episode

The cold front that was over the region on the 29th, made limited progress eastward on the 30th. This feature continued to serve as the focus for afternoon and evening shower and thunderstorm development. A few of these storms increased to severe levels causing damaging winds which downed trees. The storms were noted to have produced heavy downpours due to high rainfall rates, at times reaching 3 to 4 inches per hour which caused localized flash flooding in Ashe County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1215019. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.