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Coastal Flood in Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

Coastal Flood January 3, 2022 · Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

A combination of higher astronomical tides and deepening surface low pressure tracking across North Carolina then northeast out to sea, produced very strong northeast or north winds which caused moderate to major (tidal) coastal flooding over portions of Coastal Northeast North Carolina. Duck reached 7.15 feet MLLW at 730 am on Monday, January 3.

The wider storm

A combination of higher astronomical tides and deepening surface low pressure tracking across North Carolina then northeast out to sea, produced very strong northeast or north winds which caused moderate to major (tidal) coastal flooding across portions of Coastal Northeast North Carolina.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1006639. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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