Tropical Storm — Inland New Hanover, North Carolina

2015-05-09 to 2015-05-10 · Inland New Hanover, North Carolina

Event narrative

Slow moving Tropical Storm Ana produced tropical storm force winds with torrential rain for two days along the coast. The peak wind away from the coast was 35 kts at the Wilminton International Airport with numerous reports over 30 kts. Rainfall amounts were around four inches county wide.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure offshore of the Carolinas deepened and was classified as a Tropical Storm on May 8th. The storm slowly drifted northwest and tropical storm conditions were experienced along the coast from May 9th to the evening of May 10th. Torrential rain caused street flooding with sporadic reports of trees down. The storm made landfall the morning of May 10th along the NC/SC border.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 583281. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.