Sep 22, 2023
On Thursday, September 21st, an area of low pressure begin to develop and get more organized off the Southeast US coastline. That low continued to deepen and become more organized, eventually taking on tropical characteristics, becoming the 15th named storm of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season on Friday, September 22nd. Ophelia developed into a strong tropical storm and moved north over the next couple of days, making landfall during the early morning hours near Emerald Isle, NC. Ophelia contin
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1139943). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Northern Outer Banks County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.