NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 37173MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

SWAIN · NC

Flash Flood history

NOAA records coded as Flash Flood in Swain during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports6NOAA county-coded rows
Population context42.8per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 14,013
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

6 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.6-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20161
20182
20191
20201
20241
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$231Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,024within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2024-09-27NOAA 1,218,204River/Stream Gage$10K
2020-02-06NOAA 878,243River/Stream Gage$200K
2019-04-19NOAA 821,435Emergency Manager$5K
2018-05-24NOAA 760,193911 Call Center$1K
2018-05-26NOAA 759,221911 Call Center$10K
2016-08-04NOAA 657,039Park/Forest Service$5K
READING THE RECORD

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