North Carolina, 2009Heavy Rain in North Carolina, December 2, 2009
December 2, 2009 · NWS ILM · 4 events in 2 counties and zones
Heavy rain produced street flooding at several locations in southeastern North Carolina.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Heavy rain produced street flooding at several locations in southeastern North Carolina.
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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 2, 12:15 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 12:15 PM EST, 15 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 2, 8:53 AM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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- When
- December 2, 12:30 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- New Hanover County, Wilmington
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -77.930
Heavy rain produced eight inches of standing water on 23rd Street between Market and Princess Place. There was standing water on portions of Darlington Ave near Covil Road.
Heavy Rain, New Hanover
- When
- December 2, 1:14 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- New Hanover County, Wilmington
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -77.930
Ditches overflowed onto Oleander Road, just east of College Road.
Heavy Rain, Brunswick
- When
- December 2, 1:30 PM EST to 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Brunswick County, Holden Beach
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -78.270
There was standing water on Beach Drive, Ocean and Sunset Drive, and Holden Beach Drive.
Heavy Rain, New Hanover
- When
- December 2, 2:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- New Hanover County, 7 mi NNE of Wilmington
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.324, -77.883
Heavy rain produced street flooding at Murrayville Road between Candlewood and Rockwell Roads. There was also water on Quail Woods Road and Covey Lane.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, December 2, 20092 injured · $3.0 million · EF2 · 10 events
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 2 to 4, 20091 death · 6 events
- Tornadoes and Flood in Georgia, December 2, 2009$332,000 · EF0 · 13 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Tennessee, December 2, 2009$152,000 · 70 kt wind · 13 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Georgia, December 2, 2009$50,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
- Flash Flooding and Coastal Flood in South Carolina, December 2, 2009$16,000 · 52 kt wind · 19 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in South Carolina, December 2 to 3, 2009$21,000 · 50 kt wind · 11 events
- High Wind in Virginia, December 2 to 3, 2009$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, December 2 to 3, 2009$13,000 · 3 events
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Florida, December 2, 2009$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, December 2 to 3, 20096 events
- Strong Wind in Alabama, December 2, 2009$5,000 · 4 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 204167, 204166, 204168, 204169.