North Carolina, 2001Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 16, 2001
June 16, 2001 · NWS MHX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 16, 7:20 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 7:20 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
820 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001
WL ISSUE EARLY UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS. LARGE AREA OF SHRA/TSRA TO W
WL GRADUALLY SLIDE E THRU EARLY MORN HOURS. MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ON VERY WET GROUND. AS BNDRY SHIFTS TO CST
EXPECT PRECIP TO TAPER OFF LATE. MAY BUMP LOWS DOWN VERY SLIGHTLY TO
AROUND 70. SHLD HAVE SOME MUCH NEEDED DRYING SUN AFTN THROUGH FIRST
PART OF WEEK.
CWF: WL LOWER SCEC NRN WTRS AS WINDS ARE RELAXING A BIT. EXPECT SW
WINDS EARLY TO SHIFT TO NW LATER AS BNDRY GRADUALLY MOVES ALONG CST.
NO MJR CHNGS PLANNED.
.MHX...NONE.
FREDERICK
Flash Flood, Greene
- When
- June 16, 9:30 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Greene County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.485, -77.676 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The remnants of Tropical Storm Allison dropped up to 12 inches of rain across Greene county. This resulted in the flooding of low lying areas countywide. Numerous roads were closed countywide including Highway 58N.
- 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.
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 16 to 18, 20011 death · $35 million · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 16, 20012.75 in hail · 36 events
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 16, 2001$50,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 16, 2001$40,000 · 53 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 16, 2001$31,000 · 3 events
- Wildfire in California, June 16 to 24, 20012 injured · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 16, 2001$500 · 1 in hail · 16 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 16, 20011 in hail · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 16, 2001$15,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 16, 2001$10,000 · 56 kt wind · 10 events
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 16, 2001$15,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Kansas, June 16, 20011.75 in hail · 9 events
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: 5249988.