Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 23, 2000

Name: Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 23, 2000
Start: 2000-09-23T13:37
End: 2000-09-23T13:37
Location: North Carolina

September 23, 2000 · NWS ILM · 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: 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.

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:39 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Brunswick

When: September 23, 1:37 PM EST
Where: Brunswick County, Grissettown
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.039, -78.227 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Brunswick county EMC reported a portion of Highway 17 flooded between Old Shallotte Road and NC 904. The Brunswick county sherriff's department reported that the southbound lane of Hwy 17 was detoured south of Shallotte. Newspaper articles also reported a wastewater spill at the Archer Daniels Midland citric acid plant due to excessive rainwater flow exceeding the capacity of the collection system. Approximately 13,500 gallons of industrial waste was discharged into the Cape Fear River. Flooding also caused a discharge of untreated wastewater from a collection system manhole on 9th Street in Southport of an estimated 4000 gallons.

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5174004.