Laserfiche WebLink
<br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />North Carolina during more than <br />80 years of precipitation records, <br />Flooding was at record levels and <br />occurred in all of the State's river <br />basins east of Raleigh. <br />The U.S. Geological Survey <br />(USGS) is responsible for collecting <br />and interpreting earth-science infor- <br />mation, including flood and geologic <br />data, for the Nation. As part of this <br />mission, the USGS, in cooperation <br /> <br /> <br />The combined effects of <br />Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, and Irene <br />in September and October 1999 <br />resulted in almost 2 months of flood- <br />ing throughout most of eastern North <br />Carolina. Hurricane Floyd resulted in <br />more fatalities than any hurricane to <br />strike the United States since 1972, <br />including 52 fatalities in North <br />Carolina (Tom <br />Hegele, North <br />Carolina Division of <br />Emergency Manage- <br />ment, written com- <br />mun" January 19, <br />2000), Rainfall <br />amounts recorded <br />during Hurricane <br />Floyd (September <br />14-17, 1999) and <br />accumulated during <br />the months of <br />September and <br />October were unprec- <br />edented for many <br />parts of eastern <br /> <br />with the North Carolina Department <br />of Environment and Natural <br />Resources, the U.S. Anny Corps <br />of Engineers, the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency, and numerous <br />other State and local agencies, is <br />documenting the effects of Hurri- <br />canes Dennis, Floyd, and Irene <br />on the water and coastal resources <br />of North Carolina. The purpose of <br />this report is to provide hydrologic <br />and geologic infonna- <br />tion concerning the <br />effects of Hurricanes <br />Dennis, Floyd, and <br />Irene on eastern <br />North Carolina. <br />Included in this report <br />is infonnation on the <br />rainfall that led to the <br />flooding, flood data, <br />measured water- <br />quality conditions <br />during the flooding, <br />wand effects ofthe <br />~ <br />~ hurricanes on shore- <br />line conditions. <br /> <br /> <br />USGS staff making discharge measurement during flooding on the Tar River near <br />Rocky .\'Iount, ;\J.e. <br /> <br /> <br />Two rv10nths of Flooding in Eastern North Carolina, September-October 1999 <br />