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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

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CADEN NELSON

CADEN NELSON

Tropical Update Monday August 26th.

Writer: Ethan Clark
Ethan Clark
Aug 26, 2024
1 min read

Tropical Update: We knew the break would not last long, but we would take any break we could get in the tropics. On Monday evening, the National Hurricane Center was monitoring a Tropical Wave located in the Atlantic Main Development Region that could slowly develop into a Tropical system over the next 5-7 days; it is too soon to know what, if anything will happen to this system. However, interests across the Eastern Caribbean Islands should monitor the progress of this system over the next week or so.


I am sure you'll see plenty of posts regarding this system, but it is too soon to speculate on further West impacts, if any. US impacts if ever, would be 10-14 days from now. I'll keep an on it over the coming days and pass along any updates that are needed like normal.


-Ethan

1 Comment

Beverly Bergeron
Beverly Bergeron
Aug 27, 2024

Thank you for sharing. I was hoping to receive an up-to-date notice. I keep wondering why I’m signed in at some point in the past and yet I don’t have continuous responses once again thanks again!

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