Tropical Storm — Inland Pender, North Carolina

2023-09-22 to 2023-09-23 · Inland Pender, North Carolina

Event narrative

Strong winds caused a few power outages from a few downed large limbs and trees.

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 1141829. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.