Flash Flood — Johnston, North Carolina

2025-06-15 · near Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina

Event narrative

High water was reported on business highway 70 in Smithfield, making the road impassable.

Wider weather episode

A trough of low pressure over the southern Appalachians combined with a southward moving backdoor cold front in Virginia for the development of scattered to numerous showers and storms over the northern Piedmont and Coastal Plain of central North Carolina in the evening hours. Trees were down due to strong storms in Nash and Halifax, as well as isolated flooding in Johnston County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1266729. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.