Tropical Depression — Inland New Hanover, North Carolina

2023-09-22 to 2023-09-23 · Inland New Hanover, North Carolina

Event narrative

Minor wind damage occurred across a good portion of the county including some small trees down and a gas station canopy destroyed at 4505 Masonboro Loop Road. A tree fell on a car on Myrtle Grove Road at 1045 PM EST (34.12N, 77.88W).

Wider weather episode

Tropical Storm Ophelia developed from a non-tropical low off the Southeast U.S. coast and moved northward off the coasts of northeast SC and southeast NC before making landfall at Emerald Isle, NC during the early morning of September 23, 2023. The storm caused minor impacts across southeast NC and northeast SC, mainly in the form of hazardous marine and surf conditions, but also from tropical storm force winds which caused a few downed trees and damage to a gas station canopy in eastern NC. No sustained tropical storm force wind gusts occurred. Rainfall amounts were generally 3-4 inches.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1141828. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.