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Flash Flood in Franklin County, North Carolina
Flash Flood August 6, 2025 · Franklin County, North Carolina
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Osage drive was flooded and impassable.
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 Daddysville (35.9434, -78.1764).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1280626. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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