Name: Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 10 to 11, 2013
Start: 2013-07-10T20:15
End: 2013-07-11T00:00
Location: North Carolina

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
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 RAH wrote it up.

Locally heavy of 1.5 to 2.0 inches created major problems on Wendover Avenue, in the city of Greensboro.

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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 6:33 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:33 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 3:12 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
412 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-112015-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
412 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

BLAES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 7:59 PM EST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
859 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 SE PIEDMONT TRIAD AIR 36.06N  79.90W
07/10/2013  E1.40 INCH       GUILFORD           NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MINOR FLOODING ALONG WENDOVER AVENUE AND BRIDFORD
            PARKWAY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1300839

CBL

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 8:11 PM EST, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
911 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

NCZ023>025-040-110200-
ALAMANCE-CHATHAM-DURHAM-ORANGE-
911 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ORANGE...DURHAM...
CHATHAM AND ALAMANCE COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM EDT...

AT 907 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EFLAND...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HILLSBOROUGH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
1.0 TO 1.5" INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BURLINGTON...HILLSBOROUGH...SCHLEY
...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...AND FEARRINGTON.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...STANDING
WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA
CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE
PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3623 7880 3609 7881 3608 7879 3607 7879
      3607 7876 3592 7876 3593 7880 3587 7883
      3587 7890 3572 7896 3569 7953 3624 7951
      3625 7932
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 241DEG 14KT 3603 7916

23

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:13 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Guilford

When: July 10, 8:15 PM EST to July 11, 12:00 AM EST
Where: Guilford County, 1.71 mi S of Guilford to 1.5 mi SW of Pomona
Cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 36.055, -79.903

Flooding was reported in the West Wendover area, Big Tree Way, and along Interstate 40. Crews had to rescue cars stalled in high water. Flood waters displaced residents at Westborough Apartment Complex, Colonial Apartments, and Ashley Creek Apartments. Monetary damages were estimated.

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

More

Every storm in North Carolina in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, July 2013

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 469327.