Flash Flood — Guilford, North Carolina

2009-06-03 · near Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina

Direct deaths

$2.0M

Property damage

Event narrative

Numerous streets were closed in downtown Greensboro with as many as 50 to 100 water rescues performed, mainly from stalled out vehicles. Multiple buildings were flooded, with at least 10 to 15 on the UNC-Greenbsoro Campus alone. In addition, as many as two dozen businesses and government buildings were also flooded. One fatality occurred when a woman lost control of a moped and went into a creek. A police officer rescued the woman, only to have her jump back into the creek in an attempt to recover her moped.

Wider weather episode

Training pulse severe thunderstorms produced large hail, wind damage and severe flash flooding over downtown Greensboro as 4 to 6 inches of rain fell over the area. There were numerous road closures water rescues with one flash flood related fatality.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 165941. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.