Flood Watch remains in effect for Alamance County until Friday midnight
Flood watch stays in place through midnight Friday as Alamance County faces another round of heavy rain after Chantal left 120 roads closed and one person dead.
A Flood Watch remained in effect for Alamance County until midnight Friday, and local emergency management and WXII issued alerts Tuesday as heavy rain threatened to return to a county still recovering from Tropical Storm Chantal.
The National Weather Service office in Raleigh, which serves Alamance County and monitors the Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport area, kept hazardous weather alerts active for renewed flooding, dangerous travel and rapid changes in road conditions. Early July storms saturated the region and exposed how quickly low-lying routes can become impassable.
Chantal brought 8 to 10 inches of rain across parts of Chatham, Alamance and Orange counties, leaving about 120 roads closed because of flooding. County officials also confirmed one weather-related death in Mebane. The City of Graham declared a state of emergency during the storm as flooding and dangerous travel spread through the county, and Alamance County also moved into emergency operations with voluntary evacuations.
Governor Josh Stein surveyed storm damage in Alamance and Orange counties on July 8 and thanked first responders and emergency officials who worked through the flooding.
Another round of heavy rain could make the same flood-prone roads and low-lying areas dangerous again before nightfall. Drivers should avoid water-covered pavement and give extra time for travel as conditions can worsen fast when rain falls on already saturated ground.
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