Jun 17, 2020
A slow moving upper-level low combined with a surge of warmer and more moist air that moved over a cooler air mass near the surface produced multiple rounds of rain, showers, and thunderstorms across the Coastal Plain and the northeast Piedmont of North Carolina during the morning hours. Widespread rain fell across the area during the previous day or two saturating the soil and raising stream and creek levels. A narrow corridor of heavy rain moved across this area overnight and during the mornin
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 904870). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Vance County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.