Flood in Madison, North Carolina

After hours of heavy rain, gradual rises along creeks and streams culminated in flooding across the county by midnight. The first streams to flood were Spring Creek in Hot Springs and Big Pine Creek west of Marshall. By sunrise on the 17th, virtually every stream in the county had flooded. Flooding was quite severe, as most stream levels exceeded those of recent memory. Southwest of Marshall, 4 feet of water from Sandymush Creek entered the basement of a home located 100 feet north and 10 feet above the upper banks of the creek. Long-time residents described the flooding as the worst in at least 25 years.