North Carolina, 2013

Heavy Rain in North Carolina, June 23, 2013

June 23, 2013 · NWS ILM · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Heavy rain caused street flooding near Rocky Point.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 ILM wrote it up.

Heavy rain caused street flooding near Rocky Point.

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 Jun 22, 6:40 PM EST, 22 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 6:40 PM EST, 22 hours 50 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Pender

When
June 23, 5:30 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where
Pender County, 1.66 mi S of Marlboro
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
34.356, -77.901

Heavy rain caused part of a private road to be washed out near Sycamore Rd in Castle Hayne.

Heavy Rain, Pender

When
June 23, 5:35 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where
Pender County, 0.6 mi SSW of Rocky Pt to 0.48 mi N of Rocky Pt
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
34.422, -77.884

Multiple roads had standing water including US Hwy 117 near Rocky Point.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 465062, 465061.