Sep 22, 2023
Tropical Storm Ophelia developed from a non-tropical low off the Southeast U.S. coast and moved northward off the coasts of northeast SC and southeast NC before making landfall at Emerald Isle, NC during the early morning of September 23, 2023. The storm caused minor impacts across southeast NC and northeast SC, mainly in the form of hazardous marine and surf conditions, but also from tropical storm force winds which caused a few downed trees and damage to a gas station canopy in eastern NC. No
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1141828). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Inland New Hanover County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.