Sep 1, 2024
Ahead of a cold front advancing southward from the Ohio Valley, storms developed along a surface trough and progressed east and southeast. Isolated storms formed in the late afternoon over the eastern Piedmont and Triangle to central Coastal Plain. A second batch of storms developed over the western part of the state and tracked into the Piedmont in the evening hours. Several storms produced severe gusts and isolated flash flooding.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1210464). 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.