Flash Flood in Jackson County, North Carolina

Emergency manager reported flash flooding developed in Sylva due from a combination of urban flooding as well as due to Scott Creek overflowing its banks after 3 to 4 inches of rain fell in just a few hours. Mill St and Main St were impacted in downtown Sylva.

A large area of moderate to heavy rain showers, along with embedded clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms moved slowly across western North Carolina throughout the morning and into the afternoon of the 19th ahead of a slow-moving cold front. Some of the storms produced a couple of isolated, weak tornadoes and locally damaging winds. However, the larger impact was from flash flooding resulting from a swath of 4 to 7 inches of rain that fell across portions of the mountains.