North Carolina, 2024

Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 6, 2024

July 6, 2024 · NWS MHX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Slow moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rain and some flash flooding in the New Bern area.

Where it happened

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The toll

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

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What happened

The episode as NWS MHX wrote it up.

Slow moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rain and some flash flooding in the New Bern area.

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 6, 2:34 PM EST, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:34 PM EST, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 3:25 AM EST, 11 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
425 AM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024

NCZ029-044-045-079-080-090-091-070830-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Greene-Beaufort-Duplin-Lenoir-
425 AM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING
TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Excessive Heat Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ046-047-081-092-094-193-194-198-070830-
Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Mainland Hyde-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-Inland Onslow-
425 AM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ195-196-199-204-205-070830-
West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island-
Hatteras Island-
425 AM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ203-070830-
Northern Outer Banks-
425 AM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Moderate Rip Current Risk.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Craven

When
July 6, 3:00 PM EST to 3:33 PM EST
Where
Craven County, 0.37 mi NNE of James City to 0.93 mi E of New Bern
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
35.105, -77.027

Shared video shows 2-3 feet of water on the roadway and affecting traffic around the intersection of Broad Street and E Front Street in New Bern.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1196988.