North Carolina, 2008Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 22, 2008
June 22, 2008 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain over the Concord area, resulting in flash flooding.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
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- 1
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Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain over the Concord area, resulting in flash flooding.
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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 6:33 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 6:33 PM EST, 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
733 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH
MONDAY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL APPROACH FROM
THE NORTHWEST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY
NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN MID ATLANTIC STATES
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH ALOFT CONTRIBUTING TO CURRENT CONVECTIVE
STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD THIS EVENING AND EXIT CWA
AROUND 00Z. LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND WEAK ANTICYCLONIC VORTICITY
ADVECTION BEHIND TROUGH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SLOWLY DIMINISHING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING NIGHTTIME PERIOD. STRONGER SHORT
WAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH GREAT LAKES TROUGH WILL SWING TOWARD
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS DURING MONDAY REACHING THE WESTERN PORTION OF
CWA BY THE END OF THE DAY. FAIRLY STEEP LAPSE RATES ACCOMPANY
APPROACH OF SHORT WAVE... BUT MOISTURE APPEARS SOMEWHAT LIMITED AT
THIS TIME. NONETHELESS... EXPECT CONVECTIVE STORMS TO DEVELOP BUT
WILL KEEP MONDAY AFTERNOON POPS IN CHANCE CATEGORY FOR THE TIME
BEING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 225 PM SUNDAY...CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY
EVENING...MAINLY ALONG/EAST OF THE I-77 CORRIDOR...ALTHOUGH SLIGHT
CHANCES WILL BE RETAINED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
THROUGH MIDNIGHT. BY TUESDAY...THE REGION WILL BE UPSTREAM OF THE
LONG WAVE TROUGH AXIS...WITH GENERAL SUBSIDENCE AND DEEP LAYER
DRYING EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A
RARE SUMMER DAY ABSENT OF EVEN ISOLATED CONVECTION. THE DRY WEATHER
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...AS THE UPPER FLOW REMAINS
WEAKLY ANTICYCLONIC...AND MOISTURE GENERALLY REMAINS CONFINED TO
LOCATIONS NEAR THE COAST.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 240 PM SUNDAY...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN
IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. GENERAL LOW AMPLITUDE
TROUGHINESS WILL PERSIST NEAR THE EAST COAST THROUGH THE PERIOD...
WITH W/NW UPPER FLOW EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST AND
MID-ATLANTIC. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOMEWHAT TYPICAL EARLY SUMMER
WEATHER...WITH MAX TEMPS AROUND 90 IN THE PIEDMONT AND ISOLATED TO
WIDELY SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MTNS.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
TSTM ACTIVITY LOOKS LIKE IT WILL STILL FLIRT WITH TERMINAL LOCATIONS
THRU ABOUT 01 OR 02 UTC BEFORE DISSIPATING. OTHERWISE...EXPECT
JUST DIMINISHING DEBRIS CLOUDS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH VSBY
RESTRICTIONS DEVELOPING SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS
MORNING. WILL PLAN ON ROUGHLY A PERSISTENCE FCST FOR THE LATE
NIGHT/EARLY MORNING FOG THREAT. ANY VSBYS SHOULD IMPROVE QUICKLY...
WITHIN A HOUR OR TWO AFTER SUNRISE. BOTH THE 18 UTC NAM/GFS DEPICT
A VIGOROUS S/WV APPROACHING DURING THE AFTERNOON WHICH IN THEORY
COULD PROVIDE A LARGER SCALE LIFT MECHANISM FOR MORE TSTMS.
OUTLOOK...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY LINGER ACROSS THE
REGION INTO MONDAY EVENING. GRADUAL DRYING AND VFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM
THE WEST. MOISTURE WILL SLOWLY RETURN THROUGH LATE WEEK PRODUCING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...LGL
NEAR TERM...LGL
SHORT TERM...JDL
LONG TERM...JDL
AVIATION...CSH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 7:14 PM EST, 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
814 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
GAZ028-029-NCZ053-065-068>072-082-505>510-SCZ006>014-019-240015-
HART-ELBERT-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
814 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES...LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE...WILL CONTINUE TO
SEEN ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. LOCALIZED VERY
HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND TRACK EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT INTO THE
EVENING. ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND
PENNY SIZED HAIL. HOWEVER...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN
THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
NCZ035>037-056-057-501>504-240015-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
814 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 594 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND TRACK EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT INTO THE
EVENING. ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND
PENNY SIZED HAIL. HOWEVER...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN
THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ033-048>052-058-059-062>064-SCZ001>005-240015-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
814 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND TRACK EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT INTO THE
EVENING. ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND
PENNY SIZED HAIL. HOWEVER...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN
THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:36 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
636 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0616 PM HAIL 5 SSW BOILING SPRINGS S 34.98N 82.01W
06/22/2008 E0.88 INCH SPARTANBURG SC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JPTSpecial weather statement, Jun 22, 5:50 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
650 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
NCZ053-504>506-222345-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
650 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BUNCOMBE...CENTRAL
MCDOWELL AND SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...
AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MARION TO UNC ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 14 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE BY 700 PM EDT.
ASHEVILLE MALL BY 705 PM EDT.
MARION BY 710 PM EDT.
SWANNANOA BY 715 PM EDT.
OLD FORT BY 720 PM EDT.
FAIRVIEW BY 740 PM EDT.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:03 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
703 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
NCZ036-057-071-072-230000-
CABARRUS-IREDELL-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-
703 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...
SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL...WESTERN CABARRUS AND WESTERN ROWAN COUNTIES
THROUGH 800 PM EDT...
AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF
MOORESVILLE TO UNC CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY BY 725 PM EDT.
HARRISBURG BY 730 PM EDT.
KANNAPOLIS BY 740 PM EDT.
LANDIS BY 745 PM EDT.
CHINA GROVE BY 750 PM EDT.
CONCORD BY 755 PM EDT.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
KRENTZ
Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:47 PM EST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
747 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0727 PM HAIL 4 SW CONCORD 35.37N 80.64W
06/22/2008 E0.75 INCH CABARRUS NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JPTLocal storm report, Jun 22, 6:50 PM EST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
750 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0739 PM HAIL 4 SW CONCORD 35.37N 80.64W
06/22/2008 E1.00 INCH CABARRUS NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JPTLocal storm report, Jun 22, 7:15 PM EST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
815 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0757 PM HAIL 11 W LINCOLNTON 35.48N 81.44W
06/22/2008 E0.75 INCH LINCOLN NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JPTFlash Flood, Cabarrus
- When
- June 22, 7:15 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cabarrus County, 2 mi W of Concord to 2 mi SSE of Concord
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -80.635
Flash flooding developed in and around Concord after thunderstorms produced several inches of rain across the area in a few hours. The southbound lane of highway 29 was closed near its intersection with highway 601 after 2 cars became stranded in high water. A section of Stough Rd was closed when Coddle Creek overflowed its banks. Water entered several houses on Melrose Dr due to flooding along Irish Buffalo Creek. Also, Flowes Store Rd was closed near the intersection of highway 601 for a while.
- 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.
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Florida, June 22 to 24, 20081 death · 3 injured · $41,000 · 56 kt wind · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 22, 20081 death · $38,000 · 1 in hail · 9 events
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Indiana, June 22, 2008$1.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 17 events
- Hail in Ohio, June 22, 2008$200,000 · 1.75 in hail · 49 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 22, 2008$1.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 8 events
- Hail in West Virginia, June 22, 2008$115,000 · 2 in hail · 45 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Michigan, June 22 to 23, 2008$150,000 · EF1 · 13 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 22, 2008$350,000 · 1 in hail · 12 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 22, 2008$209,000 · 1 in hail · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 22, 2008$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 64 events
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 22, 2008$200,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 22, 2008$50,000 · 1 in hail · 26 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: 121610.