3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Jun 25, 2:05 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 305 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001 VORTICES ROTATING ABOUT UPPER LOW CENTERED ACROSS E TN RESPONSIBLE FOR NUMEROUS SHOWERS ONGOING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NC THIS MORNING. AFTER DIMINISHING FOR A FEW HOURS EARLIER... CONVECTION HAS BECOME MORE NUMEROUS RECENTLY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS. UPPER LOW WILL BEGIN ITS WESTWARD MOTION LATER TODAY AS RIDGE OFF THE EAST COAST BUILDS WEST. WILL RAISE POPS ACROSS WESTERN ZONES TO 60 AND KEEP 20 TO 30 POP ACROSS THE EAST AND SOUTH. WITH CIRCULATION CENTER MOVING SLOWLY TODAY...SOME SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF CWA. ENOUGH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT TONIGHT TO WARRANT A 30 POP ACROSS WESTERN ZONES TONIGHT AND 20 IN THE SOUTH WITH NO MENTION OF RAIN ELSEWHERE. SFC TROF ACROSS THE COASTAL REGION EARLY TUESDAY LIFTS WEST ACROSS CWA DURING THE AFTERNOON. DEWPOINTS BEHIND BOUNDARY RISE INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE DURING THE AFTERNOON APPEARS ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN ZONES SO WILL KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS THERE. UPPER LOW FORECAST TO MOVE BACK INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD. RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE COASTAL AREAS WITH BEST MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS WESTERN PARTS OF CWA AND POINTS WEST. WEAK FRONT APPROACHES REGION FROM THE NORTH DURING THE WEEKEND WITH A GENERAL SW FLOW AHEAD OF IT. PATTERN SUPPORTS UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH SCT DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION. .RAH...NONE. BLAES
NCZ021-022-038-039-073-074-083-251030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 315 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001 ANSON-DAVIDSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-MONTGOMERY-RANDOLPH-STANLY- ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH ACROSS STANLY... DAVIDSON... NORTH RANDOLPH... SOUTHERN GUILFORD... AND INTO FORSYTH COUNTY THROUGH 600 AM. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ESPECIALLY FROM HIGH ROCK AND ALBEMARLE... OVER TO THOMASVILLE... ARCHDALE AND HIGH POINT. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION THIS MORNING. WATCH FOR POSSIBLE STREET AND ROAD FLOODING. REMEMBER NEVER TO DRIVE A VEHICLE ACROSS FLOWING WATER. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH DAVIDSON COUNTY NEAR HIGH ROCK LAKE BETWEEN 1200 AM AND 300 AM. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAD MOVED NORTH OF THIS AREA AS OF 300 AM. HOWEVER... IF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF DAVIDSON COUNTY BEFORE 500 AM. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED... MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BADGETT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous roads were flooded including Highway 52. Two people were rescued out of a flooded basement apartment.
Highway 49 had a foot of water on it.
Highway 109 was flooded.
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, June 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: 5251621, 5251622, 5251623.