North Carolina, 2001

Flash 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.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
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  • Marine and coastal
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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.

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

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

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.

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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: 5249988.