Jul 9, 2023
A southward moving cold front from the Ohio Valley led to the development of a line of showers and thunderstorms that tracking from the northwest Piedmont in the late-morning hours into the Coastal Plain of central North Carolina by mid to late afternoon. Numerous reports of damaging winds and flash flooding were reported throughout central North Carolina.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1117422). 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.