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Coastal Flood in Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

Coastal Flood August 31, 2023 · Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

The combination of surface high pressure centered over the eastern Great Lakes and Tropical Storm Idalia lifting northeast then east off the North Carolina outer banks, resulted in very strong northeast winds which caused moderate to major (tidal) coastal flooding over portions of Currituck county adjacent to the Atlantic coast. Duck reached 6.52 feet MLLW at 842 pm on Thursday, August 31.

The wider storm

The combination of surface high pressure centered over the eastern Great Lakes and Tropical Storm Idalia lifting northeast then east off the North Carolina outer banks, resulted in very strong northeast winds which caused minor to moderate (tidal) coastal flooding over portions of Currituck county adjacent to the Atlantic coast.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1136015. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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