As part of Tropical Depression Chantal’s impact on North Carolina Sunday night, heavy rains fell on Orange County and the region — causing flash flooding and leading to both evacuations and road closures.
The Town of Chapel Hill shared alerts throughout Sunday following the National Weather Service’s flash flood warning issued in the afternoon as rain began to pick up. Shortly after 9 p.m., one of those alerts said local first responders were “in the process” of evacuating some units within the Camelot Village community in the 100 block of South Estes Drive due to flash flooding. The apartment and town home neighborhood is in the flood plain for Bolin Creek.
Chapel Hill said its town staff and partners with Orange County “are coordinating immediate transportation and shelter for affected residents.” The response is not a wide-spread evacuation call for the area, but residents who see flash flooding are encouraged to seek high ground and avoid flood waters.
We're seeing flash flooding in several areas. Never walk, bike, or drive through floodwater. Visit this page to stay up to date on conditions around town: t.co/SUf86wjrqA pic.twitter.com/Nv5WfDTMXt
— Town of Chapel Hill | A Place for Everyone (@chapelhillgov) July 7, 2025
Beyond that, the Town of Chapel Hill reported several of its roads closed during Sunday night’s storm. Those areas, as of 9:20 p.m., included:
The 100 block of W. Franklin Street 1800 E. Franklin Street Hillsborough Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Bolinwood Drive The 200 block of S. Estes Drive The 200 block of S. Elliott Road Estes Drive at Library DriveAdditional updates can be found on the town’s Emergency webpage.
The flash flood warning issued for Orange County is set to expire at 1:15 a.m. on Monday, with the flood watch extending to 6 a.m. on Monday. Any travelers during the flood watch are encouraged to avoid driving through standing water and to be wary on the roadways. The latest alerts from the National Weather Service can be found here for Orange, Chatham and Durham counties.
Several areas across the county — including Chapel Hill neighborhoods off of Estes Drive, East Franklin Street and Erwin Road, southwest Hillsborough and White Cross — reported power outages related to the storm. Local governments issued reminders to residents to report outages to their energy providers instead of calling 911. The latest Duke Energy updates can be found on its Outage Map webpage.
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