Flood, Mecklenburg
- When
- July 12, 2:00 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County, Charlotte
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.247, -80.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 12, 2000
Slow-moving thunderstorms produced heavy rain during the late afternoon and early evening. In Charlotte, three boys sustained minor injuries while playing in a swollen creek which swept them downstream.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Slow-moving thunderstorms produced heavy rain during the late afternoon and early evening. In Charlotte, three boys sustained minor injuries while playing in a swollen creek which swept them downstream. Typical urban flooding also occurred in the city. Five and a half inches of rain fell in 2 hours in Maiden, causing a drain pipe to back up and a large section of the road to be washed out. Lightning caused damage to a home in Hickory.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Catawba
- When
- July 12, 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba County, Maiden
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.663, -81.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning, Catawba
- When
- July 12, 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba County, Hickory
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.663, -81.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Colorado, July 12, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 12, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 12, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 12, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 12, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 12, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 12, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 12, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 12, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 12, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 12, 2000
- Hail in North Dakota, July 12, 2000
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5176667, 5176668, 5176669.