Flash Flood — Granville, North Carolina

2025-07-09 to 2025-07-10 · near Kinton Fork, Granville, North Carolina

Event narrative

The Granville County Sheriffs office reported the road is underwater at the intersection of US highway 158 and Graham Hobgood Road west of Oxford.

Wider weather episode

A weak trough of low pressure over the Ohio and Tennessee valley region was in place, along with very anomalous moisture over the Carolinas. Scattered showers and storms over the Appalachians become widespread as they moved into central North Carolina in the evening and overnight hours. Numerous wind and flash flooding reports were recorded over the region.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1280249. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.