Coastal Flood — Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

2024-11-15 to 2024-11-16 · Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

Event narrative

An area of low pressure moved across the Outer Banks and out to sea on the night of November 14 into November 15. Winds became northeast ahead of the low and northwest behind the low as it moved offshore on November 15. This resulted in major coastal flooding across Eastern Currituck County on November 15 and 16. Duck reached 6.93 feet MLLW at 5:30 AM on November 15 and 6.68 feet MLLW at 7:06 AM on November 16.

Wider weather episode

An area of low pressure moved across the Outer Banks and out to sea on the night of November 14 into November 15. Winds became northeast ahead of the low and northwest behind the low as it moved offshore on November 15. This resulted in major coastal flooding across portions of Northeast North Carolina on November 15 and 16.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1223294. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.