RALEIGH, N.C. — (June 14) The remnants of the hurricane season's first named storm slowly churned through North Carolina in mid-June, leaving nearly 8 inches of rain and flooding roads and low spots.
Alberto pushed into the state at dawn, bringing tornado watches and flood warnings in most of central North Carolina.
The storm was blamed in the death of a 13-year-old Franklin County boy who drowned while playing basketball with some friends.
In Raleigh, roads near Crabtree Valley Mall flooded as Crabtree Creek's water levels rose to 23.77 feet, the highest level since flooding from Hurricane Fran on Sept. 6, 1996.
Problems with a drainage system in its parking deck forced Crabtree Valley Mall to close at noon. At least a dozen mall shoppers were briefly stranded inside.
The mall reopened the next day, but about six stores sustained extensive water damage,and did not immediately reopen.
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