2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 9, 8:50 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 950 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2001 ...PROBLEM OF THE NIGHT IS THE PESKY WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS... VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS INDICATED A DEMARCATION ZONE BETWEEN DRIER AIR OVER EASTERN VIRGINIA TO THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THIS BOUNDARY WAS MARKED BY ENHANCED CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT AS IT EXTENDING S-SE FROM NEAR HOT SPRINGS VA TO DANVILLE VA TO RALEIGH AND MOREHEAD CITY. A FEW STORMS GOT GOING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND MOVED SOUTH. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AROUND 500 PM IN PERSON COUNTY AND THEN SPREAD/DEVELOPED SOUTH TOWARD THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL PIEDMONT AROUND DURHAM, HILLSBOROUGH, AND RDU. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FELL THERE. AS OF 0130Z/10 THE ACTIVITY WAS STILL SELF SUSTAINING ALONG THE LEADING OUTFLOW AS IT MOVES SLOWLY S INTO THE WAKE AND CHATHAM ZONES. CG LIGHTNING ACTIVITY GREATLY DIMINISHED BETWEEN 0030Z AND 0130Z. CC LIGHTNING STILL OBSERVED 10 TO 20 MILES W-N RALEIGH. AS OF 0130Z/10... A FEW SHOWERS TO THE SE OVER E HARNETT, NORTH JOHNSTON, AND EAST WAYNE ZONES REMAINED AS WELL. WE PLAN TO KEEP THE ONGOING WIDELY SCATTERED (20 PERCENT AREAL COVERAGE POPS) THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT OR 200 AM FOR NE PIEDMONT ZONES THEN GO WITH A MOSTLY CLEAR FORECAST. ELSEWHERE... NO CHANGES. AS INDICATED EARLIER BY THE DAY CREW... THE LARGE UPPER RIDGE WAS RETROGRADING. THIS HAS ALLOWED THE STEADY STREAM OF MCS ACTIVITY TO AFFECT AREAS FROM PADUCAH - NASHVILLE - HUNTSVILLE INSTEAD OF CINCINNATI - CHARLESTON WVA - WINSTON-SALEM TONIGHT. THIS SHIFT WESTWARD OF THE UPPER RIDGE AND "RING OF FIRE" WILL BRING US DRIER AIR AS EVIDENCE IN THE CURRENT BOUNDARY THAT HAS FIRED ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS OVER THE REGION TODAY AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CU DEVELOPMENT N-E OF BOUNDARY OVER E VA. THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD SLIP S-W TUESDAY... FURTHER REDUCING POPS TO ISOLATED (10 PERCENT). WITH ADDITIONAL SUN... TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S. THIS COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 68-73 DEGREE RANGE WILL BRING THOSE HEAT INDICES TO AROUND 100 FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. RELIEF IS ON THE WAY HOWEVER... AS A LARGE UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER SE CANADA AND EXTENDS INTO NC THU-SAT. WOW! DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN MID JULY?! (AND FOR MORE THAN ONE DAY, TOO). .RAH...NONE. BADGETT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Swift Creek caused flooding on Highway 401 in Fuquay-Varina. Penny Road and several roads near Lochmere Golf Course flooded.
Black Creek caused flooding along Black Creek Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2001
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: 5259666, 5259667.