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Flash Flood — Granville, NC

May 29, 2025

Storms over South Carolina in association with a mid-level system tracked into central North Carolina in the afternoon and evening hours. The storms initially produced a wind damage and isolated hail threat. Thereafter, the event evolved into a flash flood threat, with training and back building storms resulting in 3 or more inches per hour rainfall rates from Albemarle to Greensboro to Burlington to Henderson.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1256455). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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