Flash Flood in Nash County, North Carolina

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

$100K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Several roads were flooded in the Spring Hope area. Several cars were also stalled in 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 (35.9500, -78.1100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1280624. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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