Flash Flood in Watauga County, North Carolina

Flash Flood March 4, 2008 · Watauga County, North Carolina

$1.5M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused one foot of water to flood the Watauga River Bridge between Seven Devils and Grandfather Mountain. Watauga County Sheriff's department reported that a large retaining wall at a motel in Boone, NC had fallen because of heavy rains. Water flowing across Route 105 closed two lanes near Boone, North Carolina. A mudslide was reported along Clarks Creek Road in Foscoe.

The wider storm

Low pressure moved across the southern Appalachians producing 2 to 4 inches of rain which resulted in flash flooding.

Began near Perkinsville (36.1823, -81.6719).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 81700. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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