Flash Flood — Franklin, North Carolina

2025-08-06 · near Daddysville, Franklin, North Carolina

Event narrative

Osage drive was flooded and impassable.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1280626. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.