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Coastal Flood in Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

Coastal Flood November 12, 2009 – November 14, 2009 · Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

$5.0M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The peak tide height at Duck was 7.20 feet above MLLW, which was 3.22 feet above the astronomical tide. Numerous streets, homes and businesses were flooded in low lying areas of the county close or directly exposed to the Atlantic Ocean, especially in the Corolla and Carova Beach areas. There was also severe beach erosion and loss of protective dunes.

The wider storm

An intense Nor'easter produced moderate to severe coastal flooding across much of the Currituck Outer Banks.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 203854. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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