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The effects of southwesterly wind shear unexpectedly abated late that day, and Matthew began a period of explosive intensification; during a 24-hour period beginning at 00:00 UTC on September 30, the cyclone's maximum winds more than doubled, from 80 to 165 mph (129 to 266 km/h), making Matthew a Category 5 hurricane, [1] the first since Felix ...
Tropical Storm Alberto in 1994 looped across central Georgia, leading to 24-hour rainfall amounts exceeding 20 inches (510 mm) across central sections of the state. [39] It also became the wettest tropical cyclone on record for the state of Georgia, eclipsing the record set in 1929.
The bars in the graph express the percent of the storm total rainfall, which is defined to be 100 percent in the final column. Note that, on average, as much as one-fourth of the total occurs in 2–3 hours, while half falls within 12 hours, and almost three-quarters of the storm total falls within a 24‑hour period.
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Carolina Beach was placed under a state of emergency Monday after a “historic” 18 inches of rain fell there in 12 hours at one station, a once-in-1,000-year rainfall event, according to the ...
Matthew caused total devastation in Robeson County especially Lumberton. At least 28 people were killed, making Matthew the deadliest hurricane in North Carolina since Floyd killed 35 in 1999. September 19, 2017 – Rough surf and swells from Hurricane Jose flooded portions of the Outer Banks. [53]
One day later, the storm brought further rainfall to western North Carolina, and catastrophic flooding along with it. From the eastern foothills to the Blue Ridge Mountains, precipitation totals ...
The following is a list of North Carolina weather records.North Carolina is located in the Southeastern United States.With the Appalachian Mountains in the western portions of the state, the Piedmont stretching nearly 300 miles across the central portions of the state, and the Coastal Plains and Atlantic Ocean in the eastern portions of the state, North Carolina has experienced many different ...