North Carolina, 2000

Tornado and Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 19, 2000

June 19, 2000 · NWS RAH · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 tornado, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 tornado, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Orange

When
June 19, 1:05 PM EST
Where
Orange County, Carrboro
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
25 yd
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.933, -79.083

Numerous reports of funnel clouds along Highway 54. Public reported brief touchdown but no damage.

Flash Flood, Guilford

When
June 19, 2:00 PM EST
Where
Guilford County, Greensboro
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
36.080, -79.789 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Many roads reportedly covered by 8 inches of water with some people stranded in their cars. 16 homes were flooded with 2 to 3 feet of water. Nearly five inches of rain was estimated to have fallen in a little over an hour.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5153731, 5153730.