Coastal Flood in Eastern Dare, North Carolina

Coastal Flood January 4, 2018 · Eastern Dare, North Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

Sound side flooding produced water levels about 3 feet above normal in Hatteras Village. Water flooded Highway 12 in a few spots as well as some out buildings.

The wider storm

Rapidly deepening low pressure passing offshore of the coast produced widespread hazardous winter weather across eastern North Carolina from the evening of January 3rd through the morning of January 4th. In addition to the winter weather very strong winds occurred along the coast with minor coastal flooding along the Outer Banks. There were two weather related traffic fatalities reported, one in Onslow County and another in Beaufort County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 726236. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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