North Carolina, 2024Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, September 24 to 25, 2024
September 24 to 25, 2024 · NWS RAH · 7 events in 5 counties and zones
A stalled frontal boundary over central North Carolina slowly edged northward into Virginia. That northward movement combined with forcing aloft to produce scattered to numerous showers and storms in the evening and into the early morning hours of 25 September.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $67,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
A stalled frontal boundary over central North Carolina slowly edged northward into Virginia. That northward movement combined with forcing aloft to produce scattered to numerous showers and storms in the evening and into the early morning hours of 25 September. Severe gusts occurred in Randolph County, as well as flash flooding over the northern and northeast Piedmont.
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- September 24, 5:08 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph County, 0.62 mi S of Martha
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.611, -80.019
Trees were reported down at North Carolina Highway 49 S and Salem Church Rd.
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- September 24, 5:42 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph County, 0.86 mi NE of Auman Corner
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.559, -79.839
Trees down at the intersection of North Carolina Highway 134 and Burney Rd.
Flash Flood, Alamance
- When
- September 24, 7:30 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alamance County, 1.08 mi SSW of Graham to 1.63 mi SSW of Graham
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.065, -79.407
Multiple cards were stranded in flood waters along W Harden St in Graham. Two water rescues were reported.
Flash Flood, Vance
- When
- September 24, 11:00 PM EST to September 25, 12:30 AM EST
- Where
- Vance County, 1.09 mi NNW of Gillburg to 0.94 mi SSE of North Henderson
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.294, -78.378
A flooded road was reported in the town of Henderson, briefly closing the road.
Flash Flood, Wake
- When
- September 25, 12:30 AM EST to 2:46 AM EST
- Where
- Wake County, 1.31 mi NNW of Westover to 3.76 mi N of Friendship
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.796, -78.732
Flooded roads across the county led to multiple stalled out cars in flood waters. No water rescues were reported, however.
Flash Flood, Person
- When
- September 25, 3:11 AM EST to 5:40 AM EST
- Where
- Person County, 1.1 mi WSW of Roxboro to 0.55 mi WSW of Brooksdale
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.392, -78.997
South Madison Blvd in Roxboro was closed due to high water.
Flash Flood, Person
- When
- September 25, 5:30 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Person County, 0.56 mi W of Roxboro to 0.75 mi W of Roxboro
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -78.990
South Morgan St and Long Ave was closed due to flooding.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Indiana, September 24, 20242 injured · $850,000 · EF1 · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, September 24, 20243 injured · $280,000 · 1 in hail · 25 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 24, 2024$20,000 · 2.75 in hail · 55 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, September 24, 2024$155,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 24, 2024$54,000 · 3 in hail · 25 events
- Tornado in Michigan, September 24, 2024$100,000 · EF0 · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, September 24, 2024EF1 · 4 events
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, September 24, 2024$27,000 · EF0 · 4 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, September 24, 2024$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 events
- Tornado and Hail in West Virginia, September 24 to 25, 2024$13,000 · 1 in hail · 10 events
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 24, 2024$14,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, September 24, 2024$12,000 · 55 kt wind · 3 events
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: 1210490, 1210491, 1210493, 1210494, 1210492, 1210495, 1210496.