Coastal Flood — Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

2025-10-12 to 2025-10-14 · Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

Event narrative

A coastal low lingering off the Southeast coast from October 11 through October 13 resulted in a prolonged period of elevated northeast to north winds across portions of northeast North Carolina. This led to several rounds of moderate to major coastal flooding across northeast North Carolina from October 12 into October 14. Duck reached 6.93 ft MLLW at 1130 AM EST on October 12, 6.34 ft MLLW at 1236 PM EST on October 13, and 6.21 ft MLLW at 136 PM EST on October 14.

Wider weather episode

A coastal low formed off of the Southeast coast on October 11 and slowly tracked north into October 13 before moving offshore. Meanwhile, a strong 1035mb area of high pressure lingered over the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. This resulted in a prolonged period of strong northeast to north winds across the North Carolina coastal waters, which allowed for moderate to major coastal flooding across northeast North Carolina October 12 into October 14.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1297122. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.