May 21, 2018
An outflow-augmented back-door cold front, served as the foci for a slow northeast to southwest moving cluster of storms and torrential rainfall across the northern Piedmont and northern Coastal Plain counties. The heaviest rainfall of 3 to 5 inches fell across North Raleigh, which caused Crabtree Creek to flood. Multiple road closures were reported in northwest Raleigh and several cars were stranded in a flooded road.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 755610). 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.