North Carolina, 2023

Flash Flooding in North Carolina, July 5, 2023

July 5, 2023 · NWS MHX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Slow moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rain and some flash flooding in the Jacksonville area, as well as around Wallace.

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 MHX wrote it up.

Slow moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rain and some flash flooding in the Jacksonville area, as well as around Wallace.

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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 6:27 PM EST, 21 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:27 PM EST, 21 hours 3 minutes before
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The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Onslow

When
July 5, 3:30 PM EST
Where
Onslow County, 1.49 mi SSW of Half Moon to 0.98 mi SSW of Half Moon
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
State Official
Coordinates
34.810, -77.460

Flooding occurred on Raintree and Gum Branch Roads, with vehicles stranded in water.

Flash Flood, Duplin

When
July 5, 4:30 PM EST
Where
Duplin County, Wallace to 0.6 mi ENE of Wallace
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
State Official
Coordinates
34.730, -78.000

Multiple reports of vehicles stranded in Wallace were received.

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

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1117546, 1117543.