Flash Flood, Caldwell
- When
- September 2, 12:00 PM EST to 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Caldwell County, Lenoir
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.953, -81.546 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 2, 2000
Heavy rain over a short period of time caused several creeks to rise out of their banks and a few roads, including US Hwys 321 and 321A, to be flooded. The height of the flood waters reached up to car doors.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Heavy rain over a short period of time caused several creeks to rise out of their banks and a few roads, including US Hwys 321 and 321A, to be flooded. The height of the flood waters reached up to car doors. A couple of trees fell as their roots gave way in the soggy soil.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:58 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Burke
- When
- September 2, 12:00 PM EST to 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Burke County, 7 mi N of Morganton
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -81.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Ohio, September 2, 2000
- Heat in Oklahoma, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, September 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New York, September 2, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 2, 2000
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, September 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: 5174297, 5174298.