Flash Flood, Burke
- When
- July 29, 11:55 PM EST to July 30, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Burke County, Morganton
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -81.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 29 to 30, 1997
A nearly stationary thunderstorm developed over Morganton resulting in some flash flooding. A car was washed away and several streets were closed.
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
- $4,000
- 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 GSP wrote it up.
A nearly stationary thunderstorm developed over Morganton resulting in some flash flooding. A car was washed away and several streets were closed. The local library sustained $4300 worth of damage.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:55 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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Colorado, July 29 to 30, 1997
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 29, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 29 to 30, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Texas, July 29 to 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 29, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Wyoming, July 29 to 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 29, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, July 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 29, 1997
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 1997
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5609329.