Jul 16, 2016
A warm moist atmosphere combined with a disturbance moving across central North Carolina during peak heating, modest instability and seasonably strong deep layer shear allowed for the development of numerous showers and storms during the late afternoon into the evening. Many of these storms became strong to severe and produced widespread wind damage. In addition, several areas of very heavy rain fell across the Northern Coastal Plain and the Triangle Region of central North Carolina. This result
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 653659). 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.