Coastal Flood — Eastern Dare, North Carolina

2009-11-12 to 2009-11-14 · Eastern Dare, North Carolina

Event narrative

Significant ocean over-wash and coastal flooding developed over the northern Outer Banks during the early morning hours of November 12th and continued through the early moring hours of November 14th. Areas from Buxton north to Duck had several episodes of coastal flooding, mainly during the high tide cycle. Overall 4 homes were destroyed, 61 had major damage and 465 had minor damage. Highway 12 was severely flooded and destoyed near Rodanthe due to the ocean over-wash. Damage from the coastal flooding was estimated to be 5.8 million dollars.

Wider weather episode

The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida interacted with a strong upper level disturbance to produce a deep, slow moving, low pressure system off the Carolina coast November 11th through the 13th. This system produced widespread heavy rain, gusty winds, and coastal flooding across portions of eastern North Carolina. By far, the most signifcant impact was coastal flooding over the northern Outer Banks where over five million dollars in damage was reported. The large waves from the storm continued to batter the Outer Banks for several days after the storm system moved away.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 202939. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.