Flash Flood — Durham, North Carolina

2025-07-09 to 2025-07-10 · near West Durham, Durham, North Carolina

Event narrative

In Durham, at least three cars were damaged or totaled due to flood waters. There was also about eight inches of water in a residential home.

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 1280255. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.