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

Heavy Rain history

NOAA records coded as Heavy Rain in Watauga during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports40NOAA county-coded rows
Population context72.6per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 55,123
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

40 reports in ten years does not mean a 4.0-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20162
20174
20189
20193
20207
20212
20226
20234
20243
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$0not 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
2024-09-25NOAA 1,208,112CoCoRaHS$0
2024-04-11NOAA 1,166,756Mesonet$0
2024-04-11NOAA 1,166,748Mesonet$0
2023-12-25NOAA 1,154,044Mesonet$0
2023-12-25NOAA 1,154,043CoCoRaHS$0
2023-12-25NOAA 1,154,042CoCoRaHS$0
2023-03-03NOAA 1,089,394Mesonet$0
2022-11-10NOAA 1,056,651Mesonet$0
READING THE RECORD

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