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Coastal Flood in Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

Coastal Flood September 30, 2022 · Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

A combination of surface high pressure centered over the Northeast United States and Tropical Cyclone Ian lifting northwest through eastern South Carolina, resulted in very strong east or northeast winds which caused minor to moderate (tidal) coastal flooding over portions of Currituck county adjacent to the Atlantic coast. Duck reached 6.19 feet MLLW at 1136 am on Friday, September 30.

The wider storm

A combination of surface high pressure centered over the Northeast United States and Tropical Cyclone Ian lifting northwest through eastern South Carolina, resulted in very strong east or northeast winds which caused minor to moderate (tidal) coastal flooding across portions of Coastal Northeast North Carolina.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1058194. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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