Jul 8, 2023
A surface trough over the central North Carolina Piedmont coupled with an upper trough led to scattered thunderstorm development that eventually merged into a line of showers and thunderstorms over the northwest Piedmont. These storms tracked east into the Triangle, Sandhills, and Coastal Plain by late in the evening hours, weakening with eastward extent into the overnight hours. Flash flooding was reported in Alamance and Wake counties.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1117393). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Wake County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.