Flash Flood in Union County, North Carolina

Flash Flood July 11, 2003 · Union County, North Carolina

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Slow-moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall that resulted in rapid development of urban flooding. West of Monroe, a 17-year-old man drowned when he jumped into a flooded drainage ditch, and was swept into a storm drain. Urban flooding was more severe in the towns of Indian Trails, Unionville, and Stallings, where several people required rescue from automobiles trapped by rising water.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5334521. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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