Flash Flood Emergency: Greensboro, Water Rescues (2025)

FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY in Greensboro Until 5:45 a.m. Saturday in Guilford County, North Carolina

Residents in Guilford County remained under a Flash Flood Emergency until 7:45 a.m. on Saturday. The warnings were issued beginning late by the National Weather Service meteorologists in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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What was supposed to be a pleasant Friday evening turned into a long night of torrential downpours. The first reports of flash flooding and localized flooding started with a successful water rescue of a Yadkin County resident who became stranded in their vehicle on Bryant Road in Boonville. Storms were just beginning to grow in Stokes and Rockingham counties ahead of the nearly stationary front.

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Then shortly after 9 p.m., the storms began organizing into a line of slow moving thunderstorms that brought torrential rainfall to Guilford County, North Carolina. The thunderstorms grew to more than 50 thousand feet over Northern Guilford and Alamance Counties over the course of the next two hours.

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RAINFALL TOTALS

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Two to three inches fell in Greensboro area neighborhoods on Friday night in under two hours. Greensboro had just received three to four inches on Thursday from Tropical Storm Debby over the course of 24 hours. Flash flooding on top of saturated ground created the life-threatening conditions.

Greensboro Police Department Officers began responding to numerous calls from area drivers trapped in their vehicles just before 11:00 p.m. on Friday night. One report from officers was two feet of water on Arcadia Drive, flash flooding at Friendway, Grand Summit, Fleming, Old Oak Ridge, New Garden, and Richfield Roads.

Emergency operators at the Guilford County 911 Call Center reported a water rescue on Joseph M. Bryan Boulevard and Fleming Road at 12:52 a.m. This happened after a motorist became trapped inside their vehicle with rising water. Other water rescues of motorists happened near Guilford College Road and Wendover Avenue. Another successful water rescue was reported from flood waters near the 100 block of Woodstream Lane about five miles west of Greensboro. Emergency management workers also report a possible dam failure at Friendly Lake, but due to dark conditions, a determination may have to wait until early Saturday.

Abundunt tropical moisture combined with energy ahead of a stationary boundary on Friday evening along with deep moisture convergence to create the life-threatening flash flooding in Alamance and Guilford Counties.

TIMING OF THE FLASH FLOODING

Shortly before 10 p.m., I reminded viewers to watch for flooding concerns as the National Weather Service meteorologists in Raleigh were about to issue Flood advisories for parts of the Piedmont Triad including Davidson County.

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10: 20 p.m. The National Weather Service issue a Flood Advisory for parts of the viewing area as slow moving storms impacted viewers from Thomasville to Lexington and to New Market.

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10:35 p.m. -A Flash Flood Warning was issued for western Guilford County by the National Weather Sevice meteorologists with a Considerable Damage Threat Level.

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11:25 p.m. Then, a Flash Flood Warning for Northwestern Alamance County and Northeastern Guilford County with a Considerable Damage Threat Level was issued.

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12:37 a.m. Greensboro and western Guilford County were placed under a Flash Flood Emergency and the warning for western Guilford County was an upgrade to a Flash Flood Emergency: Catastrophic Damage Threat Level in effect until 3:45 a.m.

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Although storms ended after midnight and moved out of Greensboro, the National Weather Service meteorologists continued to receive reports of water covered roads and dangerous driving conditions through 3:30 a.m. east of I-840.

3:36 a.m. The National Weather Service Meteorologists extended the Flash Flood Warning for Guilford County until 5:45 a.m. based on flash flooding that is ongoing in the 5600 Block of Weslo Willow Circle. An Emergency Management worker reported cars are still underwater there.

7:30 a.m. Flooding has been reported in a neighborhood near Lakemont Drive and Country Lane.

A neighbor told our crew on the scene water overflowed a rock wall dam in the area, causing water to erode some land. This led to minor flooding in neighbors' yards.

Our WXII 12 News crew will be gathering the lates information and sharing detail on the flooding event in Greensboro early Saturday morning.