North Carolina, 2024

Flash Flooding in North Carolina, July 1, 2024

July 1, 2024 · NWS RAH · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A wave of scattered to numerous showers and storms developed from the northern Coastal Plain into the eastern Sandhills and southern Coastal Plain late in the evening of June 30th and continued into the morning hours of July 1st. This wave of storms was along a cold front sliding south from the Ohio Valley.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
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 RAH wrote it up.

A wave of scattered to numerous showers and storms developed from the northern Coastal Plain into the eastern Sandhills and southern Coastal Plain late in the evening of June 30th and continued into the morning hours of July 1st. This wave of storms was along a cold front sliding south from the Ohio Valley. Several inches of rain led to flash flooding in Sampson County.

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:52 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Sampson

When
July 1, 5:55 AM EST to 8:25 AM EST
Where
Sampson County, 0.94 mi WNW of Clinton Arpt to 2.2 mi NNE of Mt Pleasant
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
911 Call Center
Coordinates
35.036, -78.345

Water was reported across the roadway along Five Bridge Rd, northwest of Clinton.

Flash Flood, Sampson

When
July 1, 6:08 AM EST to 8:25 AM EST
Where
Sampson County, 2.23 mi ENE of Salemburg to 1.79 mi SE of Salemburg
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
35.034, -78.484

Water was reported over the roadway along Bonnetsville Rd near Salemburg. Law enforcement reported a vehicle was stranded in a foot and a half deep water in Bonnetsville.

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.

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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: 1179208, 1179209.