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Flash Flood — Madison, North Carolina
July 6, 2003 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
$50K
Area
Madison
Event narrative (NOAA)
A section of Petersburg Road was covered with 6 feet of water near Petersburg. Several roads were flooded in and around Marshall. Mudslides also developed, one of which caused a tree to fall onto a vehicle in Grapevine, crushing the vehicle, and killing a 63-year-old woman, and injuring a 12-year-old boy. The flooding also destroyed 300 of the 1800 acres of burley tobacco crop in the county.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.