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Growing risk of Coastal Flooding along the Outer Banks

Ethan Clark

September 22, 2026 at 10:11:05 PM

Our Nor’easter will start to get going by tomorrow evening. I'm still expecting a Coastal Flooding risk along the Outer Banks. Winds along the Outer Banks will gust 30-45 MPH tomorrow; coastal flooding risk will begin by tomorrow evening, but based on the data, the greatest risk of moderate coastal flooding will be with high tide Thursday morning, Thursday night, and Friday morning. We will likely see flooding along Highway 12 on Pea Island, south of Oregon Inlet and potentially in Buxton. So if you need to leave Hatteras Island because you must be off the Island Thursday/Friday or Saturday morning, I would do it tomorrow. 40-50MPH wind gusts likely Thursday into Friday along the Outer Banks.

There will be a risk of some Coastal Flooding North of Oregon Inlet, but generally less of a risk to Highway 12 in these locations.


Highway 12 at the North end of Ocracoke could also become impassable at times.


You'll have to leave Ocracoke most likely via second sound class ferry service to Swansquarter or Cedar Island, but high winds could impact that too.


I'll continue to monitor.


#noreaster #outerbanks


-Ethan

Mountains

110°F

Raleigh area

CADEN NELSON

CADEN NELSON

Brief Period of snow possible Sunday morning for parts of NC, don't get your hopes out.

Mar 11, 2023
1 min read

Say it ain't snow, yup, there's at least a greater chance than 0% of some snowflakes across parts of NC Sunday morning. I've had a lot of questions about this: don't go to the grocery store; no, you're not going to stuck in your house; no, this will not be a snow you can play in. The odds of seeing snow outside of the high country are low, but it is enough to post about. A cold rain is likely for most of the state; across northern NC from basically the Triangle north and west, there could be a brief period of snow mixed Sunday morning. The best chance is mainly across the high country of some brief accumulation up to 2"; outside of the mountains, ground temps are way too warm for any snow accumulation or impacts. The odds of seeing any snow are not that high, but in the blue area highlighted on the map, you could see some flakes mix in Sunday morning between 6AM-11AM; regardless, it'll be a cold, cloudy, and rainy Sunday statewide. No guarantees this will happen. I'm not that convinced this will happen; I give it about a 50% chance snow/sleet will definitely come down in the high country where the red outline is, but outside the mountains, the odds are not in our favor. However, if you're a snow lover in the area highlighted in blue, look out the window Sunday morning.




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