North Carolina, 2023Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 21, 2023
June 21, 2023 · NWS AKQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A surface low along a stationary front helped form slow moving storms which resulted in flash flooding across northeast North Carolina on June 21, 2023.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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A surface low along a stationary front helped form slow moving storms which resulted in flash flooding across northeast North Carolina on June 21, 2023.
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 Jun 21, 7:09 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 7:09 PM EST, 12 minutes before
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</html>Flash Flood, Bertie
- When
- June 21, 7:21 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Bertie County, 1.81 mi ESE of Drew to 1.59 mi ESE of Drew
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.040, -77.000
The 911 call center reported water covering a low lying road near the intersection of School Road and Republican Road.
- 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.
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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: 1112323.