Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in North Carolina, September 6 to 7, 2019

Name: Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in North Carolina, September 6 to 7, 2019
Start: 2019-09-06T06:15
End: 2019-09-07T07:00
Location: North Carolina

September 6 to 7, 2019 · NWS AKQ · 19 events in 6 counties and zones

Hurricane Dorian tracking northeast along the North Carolina coast and just off the Virginia coast produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding across portions of northeast North Carolina.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 19

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 AKQ wrote it up.

Hurricane Dorian tracking northeast along the North Carolina coast and just off the Virginia coast produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding across portions of northeast 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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 6, 5:24 AM EST, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 5:24 AM EST, 51 minutes before

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Event by event

15 heavy rain, 4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Perquimans

When: September 6, 6:15 AM EST
Where: Perquimans County, 1.31 mi ESE of Chapanoke
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.240, -76.360

Rainfall total of 7.25 inches was reported at Mesonet Station Chapanoke.

Flash Flood, Pasquotank

When: September 6, 7:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where: Pasquotank County, 1.31 mi ESE of Elizabeth City to 1.28 mi ESE of Elizabeth City
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 36.290, -76.210

Flora Street was impassable due to flash flooding.

Flash Flood, Pasquotank

When: September 6, 8:11 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where: Pasquotank County, 0.56 mi E of Elizabeth City to 0.69 mi SE of Elizabeth City
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 36.300, -76.220

Several streets were flooded and closed in the Elizabeth City area. Also, vehicles were stranded.

Heavy Rain, Perquimans

When: September 6, 8:30 AM EST
Where: Perquimans County, New Hope
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 36.150, -76.320

Rainfall total of 4.54 inches was reported at Station NC-PR-13 Hertford (9 ESE).

Heavy Rain, Pasquotank

When: September 6, 8:54 AM EST
Where: Pasquotank County, (Ecg)elizabeth City
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.270, -76.180

Rainfall total of 6.99 inches was reported at ECG.

Heavy Rain, Camden

When: September 6, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Camden County, 0.69 mi S of South Mills
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.440, -76.330

Rainfall total of 2.56 inches was reported at Mesonet Station SMLN7 Joyce Creek Intracoastal Waterway.

Flash Flood, Perquimans

When: September 6, 9:45 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where: Perquimans County, 0.56 mi E of Winfall to 0.88 mi N of Winfall
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 36.220, -76.460

North Carolina Department of Highways reported that Fowler Fork Road was closed due to flash flooding.

Heavy Rain, Pasquotank

When: September 6, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Pasquotank County, 0.56 mi E of Elizabeth City
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.300, -76.220

Rainfall total of 7.33 inches was reported at Mesonet Station EMWN7 Mariner's Wharf Park.

Heavy Rain, Camden

When: September 6, 10:15 AM EST
Where: Camden County, 0.69 mi N of Texaco Beach
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.260, -76.100

Rainfall total of 5.07 inches was reported at Mesonet Station EW1280 Shiloh.

Heavy Rain, Perquimans

When: September 6, 10:15 AM EST
Where: Perquimans County, 0.69 mi N of New Hope
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.160, -76.320

Rainfall total of 3.41 inches was reported at Mesonet Station CW6395 Hertford.

Heavy Rain, Bertie

When: September 6, 10:17 AM EST
Where: Bertie County, 3.5 mi N of Ellis Store
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.020, -76.890

Rainfall total of 4.72 inches was reported at Mesonet Station GCRN7 Greens Cross.

Heavy Rain, Perquimans

When: September 6, 10:21 AM EST
Where: Perquimans County, Hertford
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.180, -76.470

Rainfall total of 4.29 inches was reported at Mesonet Station AR727 Hertford.

Heavy Rain, Camden

When: September 6, 10:23 AM EST
Where: Camden County, Pierceville
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.450, -76.300

Rainfall total of 3.56 inches was reported at Mesonet Station AR509 South Mills.

Flash Flood, Pasquotank

When: September 6, 11:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where: Pasquotank County, 1.77 mi SE of Elizabeth City to 1.49 mi SE of Elizabeth City
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 36.280, -76.210

Flash flooding was reported on several campus streets at Elizabeth City State University. In addition, several buildings reported having water in interior entrances.

Heavy Rain, Pasquotank

When: September 6, 2:30 PM EST
Where: Pasquotank County, Elizabeth City
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 36.300, -76.230

Rainfall total of 5.49 inches was reported at Cocorahs Station NC-PS-30 Elizabeth City (0.8 NW).

Heavy Rain, Chowan

When: September 6, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Chowan County, 1.31 mi ESE of Edenton Arpt
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 36.020, -76.550

Rainfall total of 4.65 inches was reported at Station ENTN7 Edenton.

Heavy Rain, Perquimans

When: September 7, 6:00 AM EST
Where: Perquimans County, 2.87 mi ENE of Durants Neck
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 36.180, -76.270

Rainfall total of 5.10 inches was reported at Station NC-PR-14 Hertford (11.4 E).

Heavy Rain, Currituck

When: September 7, 6:30 AM EST
Where: Currituck County, 0.89 mi SE of Grandy
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 36.240, -75.870

Rainfall total of 3.88 inches was reported at Station NC-CC-15 Grandy (0.6 E).

Heavy Rain, Chowan

When: September 7, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Chowan County, 3.23 mi NNW of Rockyhock
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 36.220, -76.710

Rainfall total of 3.45 inches was reported at Station NC-CW-39 Edenton (12.8 NNW).

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2019 Every state in 2019 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, September 2019

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 856570, 856565, 856566, 856571, 856572, 856574, 856568, 856575, 856576, 856577, 856578, 856579, 856580, 856569, 856581, 856584, 856586, 856588, 856589.