Flash Flood, Wake
- When
- September 10, 3:40 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County, Raleigh, Wendell
- Coordinates
- 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 10, 1996
Several major roads through Raleigh were closed due to high water, including Capital Blvd, Highway 64, and Glenwood Ave. A bridge was washed out on SR2320 north of Wendell.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
Several major roads through Raleigh were closed due to high water, including Capital Blvd, Highway 64, and Glenwood Ave. A bridge was washed out on SR2320 north of Wendell. An earthen dam broke north of Zebulon between Hwys 64 and 401.
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:41 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5580023.