Coastal Flood — Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

2019-09-06 · Eastern Currituck, North Carolina

Event narrative

Very strong northeast to north winds associated with Hurricane Dorian produced tidal anomalies between 2.5 and 3.5 feet over the northeast North Carolina Coastal Waters. This caused moderate to major coastal flooding over portions of Currituck county. Duck reached 7.20 feet MLLW at 342 pm on September 6. Access to Route 168 to the Outer Banks was cut off at high tide.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Dorian tracking northeast along the North Carolina coast and just off the Virginia coast produced very strong northeast to north winds which caused moderate to major coastal flooding across portions of the northeast North Carolina Coastal Waters and the Albemarle Sound.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 856859. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.