Flash Flood in Chatham County, North Carolina

Flash Flood July 6, 2025 – July 7, 2025 · Chatham County, North Carolina

$10K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

North Carolina highway 87 was impassable where it crossed Terrels Creek, near Chicken Bridge Road, and where it crossed Long Branch Creek, near Castle Rock Farm Road.

The wider storm

Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall over northeastern South Carolina during the morning hours of July 6. The remnants of Chantal then tracked west-northwest into portions of central North Carolina, stalling out over the area before tracking east-northeast into Virginia by the 7th of July. Catastrophic flash flooding occurred from record rainfall of up to 11 inches in some spots of the Piedmont, included 6 flash flood fatalities across Chatham, Alamance, and Orange Counties. Widespread flooding particularly affected the counties of Orange, Chatman, and Moore. Four EF-1 tornadoes also touched down over portions Lee, Chatham, Alamance, and Orange Counties. Preliminary loss estimates across central North Carolina exceeded 40 million.

Began near Terrells (35.8249, -79.2535).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Lee County EF1 Chatham County EF1 Alamance County EF1 Orange County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1280354. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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