Heavy Rain in Polk County, North Carolina

Heavy Rain May 28, 2018 · Polk County, North Carolina

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What the National Weather Service wrote

EM reported two broadcast journalists were killed when a tree fell on their vehicle as they were driving on Highway 176. The tree fell due to saturated ground from the more than one foot of rain that fell over western Polk County during the latter half of May.

The wider storm

Very wet soil conditions resulting from periods of heavy rainfall that began during the middle part of May and continued through the end of the month, producing more than a foot of rain in many locations caused a tree to fall on a vehicle on Highway 176, which resulted in two fatalities.

Began near Valhalla (35.2230, -82.2930).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 760172. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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