NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 37189MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

WATAUGA · NC

Flash Flood history

NOAA recorded 16 county-coded Flash Flood reports in Watauga, NC, from 2016 through 2025, with 4 reported injuries, 2 reported fatalities, and $252.3M in filed damage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events details table · Complete years 2016–2025 · Compiled 16 Sep 2026

Reports16NOAA county-coded rows
Population context29.0per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 55,123
Injuries4direct + indirect fields
Fatalities2direct + indirect fields
How to read the count

16 reports in ten years does not mean a 1.6-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

Flash Flood in Watauga reports by year

NOAA recorded 16 Flash Flood in Watauga reports across the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

20161
20171
20184
20193
20203
20212
20242
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Recorded impacts for Flash Flood in Watauga

The Flash Flood in Watauga records contain 4 injuries, 2 fatalities, $252.3M in property damage, and $0 in crop damage.

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

Property damage$252.3Mnot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,024within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest Flash Flood in Watauga source records

NOAA supplied 8 recent Flash Flood in Watauga source rows with dates, event IDs, report sources, magnitude fields, and filed damage.

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Latest NOAA Flash Flood records for Watauga
DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2024-09-27NOAA 1,219,131Public—$250.0M
2024-09-25NOAA 1,218,903911 Call Center—$0
2021-08-17NOAA 981,605Public—$25K
2021-07-10NOAA 969,558Public—$10K
2020-08-12NOAA 915,493911 Call Center—$0
2020-04-13NOAA 885,110Emergency Manager—$160K
2020-01-11NOAA 864,461Department of Highways—$50K
2019-06-18NOAA 841,038911 Call Center—$0
READING THE RECORD

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