About 10 million people could be affected by the storm.
More than 22,600 people were housed in 150 shelters statewide, including schools, churches and Wake Forest University’s basketball arena.
“This rainfall will produce catastrophic flash flooding and prolonged, significant river flooding,” the hurricane centre said.
Atlantic Beach on North Carolina’s Outer Banks islands had already received 30 inches of rain, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
North Carolina utilities estimated that as many as 2.5 million state residents could be left without power, the state’s Department of Public Safety said.
The White House said on Friday that President Donald Trump had spoken with state and local officials, assuring them the federal government was prepared to help. Trump plans a visit to the region next week.
Florence was moving west-southwest at about 5 mph (7 km/h), with its centre located over eastern South Carolina. The storm is expected to turn west and then north moving through the Carolinas and the Ohio Valley by Monday, the NHC said early on Saturday. Significant weakening was expected over the weekend.
Florence was one of two major storms threatening millions of people on opposite sides of the world. Super Typhoon Mangkhut was expected to hit an area in the Philippines on Saturday that would affect more than 5 million people.
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