Flash Flood — Alamance, North Carolina

2023-07-08 · near Elon College, Alamance, North Carolina

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1117380. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.