Flash Flood in Nash County, North Carolina

Flash Flood August 6, 2025 · Nash County, North Carolina

Deaths

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Two people died after their vehicle was swept off North Carolina Highway 581 and into a ravine or ditch that was overflowing with fast moving flood waters.

The wider storm

Within cool northeasterly surface flow, several upper-level disturbances tracked across central North Carolina from a persistent weak trough of low pressure over the Ohio Valley region. Copious amounts of moisture remained from the 5th of August. A wedge front was also in place along Interstate 95. Several reports of flash flooding were reported over the eastern Piedmont and northern Coastal Plain, including two fatalities in Nash County.

Began near Spring Hope (35.9667, -78.1221).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1280452. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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