Flash Flood in Alamance County, North Carolina

Flash Flood July 8, 2023 · Alamance County, North Carolina

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The road was flooded near the intersection of International Rd and S Church St in Burlington.

The wider storm

A surface trough over the central North Carolina Piedmont coupled with an upper trough led to scattered thunderstorm development that eventually merged into a line of showers and thunderstorms over the northwest Piedmont. These storms tracked east into the Triangle, Sandhills, and Coastal Plain by late in the evening hours, weakening with eastward extent into the overnight hours. Flash flooding was reported in Alamance and Wake counties.

Began near Elon College (36.0818, -79.4846).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1117380. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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