For the third time in June, slow moving thunderstorms caused flooding on the southeast side of Charlotte. Flooding also affected parts of northern Union County for the second time in the month.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
For the third time in June, slow moving thunderstorms caused flooding on the southeast side of Charlotte. Flooding also affected parts of northern Union County for the second time in the month.
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.
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</html>The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:48 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding developed along McMullen Creek on the southeast side of town, with Addison Dr and Lincrest Place covered with about a foot of water.
Indian Trail Rd was flooded near the South Fork Crooked Creek. Also, Bearskin Creek overflowed onto Stafford Rd in the city of Monroe. Several other roads were flooded and closed in the Monroe area due to poor drainage. This included North Charlotte Ave, where at least one swift water rescue was required.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2010
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: 244674, 244677.