Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 18, 2000

Name: Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 18, 2000
Start: 2000-09-18T13:20
End: 2000-09-18T18:00
Location: North Carolina

September 18, 2000 · NWS MHX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1.0 million
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.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Onslow

When: September 18, 1:20 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where: Onslow County, Countywide
Property damage: $1.0 million
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.763, -77.393 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. up to 6 to 11 inches of rain fell across Onslow county. Eleven inches of rain fell over Camp Lejeune causing major flooding in hte French Creek area. About 12 cars were flooded along with some residenaces nd the fire station. By 340 p.m. most major roads in central and eastern Onslow county were closed and impassable due to flooding. A 40 foot section of Turkey Creek Road was washed away, prompting the rescue of several residents by local fire fighters. Up to 62,000 gallons of waste water spilled out of the treatment plant in Swansboro due to the flooding rain.

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.

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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: 5156150.