May 28, 2010
A slow moving cold front dropped south and into central North Carolina on May 28th. Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front across southern portions Virginia during the afternoon. Outflow from these showers and thunderstorms propagated southward and combined with convective outflows from convection that developed across portions of the foothills and mountains of North Carolina to produce widespread showers and thunderstorms. Some of these stomrs produced damaging wind gust.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 236823). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Durham County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.