Flash Flood, Surry
- When
- June 29, 8:00 PM EST to 10:45 PM EST
- Where
- Surry County, Northwest Portion
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.415, -80.687 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 29, 2006
Flash flooding closed several roads in northwest portion of Surry county. Carson Creek, Lumber Plant, Warrior Mt Lane, Ramey Creek Road, and Wahissa Trail were closed.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Flash flooding closed several roads in northwest portion of Surry county. Carson Creek, Lumber Plant, Warrior Mt Lane, Ramey Creek Road, and Wahissa Trail were closed.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in Kansas, June 29, 2006
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 29, 2006
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Connecticut, June 29, 2006
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 29, 2006
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, June 29, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, June 29, 2006
- Flash Flood in Vermont, June 29, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 29, 2006
- Hail in West Virginia, June 29, 2006
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 29, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 29, 2006
- Hail in Colorado, June 29, 2006
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2006
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: 5516301.