Coastal Flood — Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

2022-05-09 to 2022-05-11 · Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

Event narrative

A combination of surface high pressure centered over the Canadian Maritimes and surface low pressure spinning off the Mid Atlantic Coast, resulted in strong northeast or north winds which caused minor to moderate (tidal) coastal flooding over portions of Coastal Northeast North Carolina. Duck reached 6.14 feet MLLW at 248 am on Tuesday, May 10.

Wider weather episode

A combination of surface high pressure centered over the Canadian Maritimes and surface low pressure spinning off the Mid Atlantic Coast, resulted in strong northeast or north winds which caused minor to moderate (tidal) coastal flooding across portions of Coastal Northeast North Carolina.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1033741. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.