North Carolina, 2024

Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 24, 2024

July 24, 2024 · NWS RAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A stalled frontal boundary across Virginia remained in place early in the morning on the 24th of July. Storms from earlier in the mid to late evening hours of the 23rd continued into the overnight hours and into the morning of the 24th of July.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 stalled frontal boundary across Virginia remained in place early in the morning on the 24th of July. Storms from earlier in the mid to late evening hours of the 23rd continued into the overnight hours and into the morning of the 24th of July. These lingering storms produced isolated flash flooding across Scotland County.

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Scotland

When
July 24, 2:00 AM EST
Where
Scotland County, 0.23 mi ENE of Laurinburg to 0.35 mi SSE of Laurinburg
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
911 Call Center
Coordinates
34.771, -79.446

The intersection of 4th St and Business 74 in Laurinburg was flooded.

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: 1204116.