Flash Flood, Mecklenburg
- When
- August 4, 12:00 AM EST to 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County, 5 mi N of Charlotte
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.247, -80.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in North Carolina, August 4, 2000
Four to six inches of rain in a three hour period resulted in several roads becoming impassable due to high water.
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 GSP wrote it up.
Four to six inches of rain in a three hour period resulted in several roads becoming impassable due to high water.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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 Flood in North Carolina, August 4, 2000
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 4, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 4 to 5, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, August 4, 2000
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 4, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 4 to 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 4, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 4, 2000
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, August 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Maryland, August 4, 2000
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2000
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: 5170793.