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Storm Surge History

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Infographics

Histogram

Time Series

Map of Highest Recorded Storm Tide

Return Period

Geospatial Analysis

Storm Surge Data

Sea Level Rise

Sea-Level Rise Scenarios Table from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Table of SLR scenarios for Duck Pier Outside, North Carolina from CorpsClimate web-tool developed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Data from this table revised July 18, 2017. Available on the Web at: http://corpsclimate.us/ccaceslcurves.cfm.

Sea-Level Rise Graphic from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Graph of SLR scenarios for Duck Pier Outside, North Carolina from CorpsClimate web-tool developed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Data from this table revised July 18, 2017. Available on the Web at: http://corpsclimate.us/ccaceslcurves.cfm.

Combined Sea-Level Rise Scenarios with 100-year Storm Tide Level

Data Sources

Missing Data

Resources

​Multi-Media

Hurricane Matthew (2016)

Caption from @NHC_Surge on Twitter: Storm surge flooding in Hatteras Village this morning. [Pic uploaded Sun Oct 9, 2016]

Hurricane Irene (2011)

Excellent video with a lot of storm surge footage. Check out the "negative surge" at 1:05 into the video. Offshore winds blew water out of channels for part of the storm, leaving a boat to rest on mud. Sometimes a negative surge is followed by a rapid positive surge, which can be life-threatening.

Storm surge flooding on North Carolina's outer banks during Hurricane Irene (2011). Image credit: Gerry Broome/ AP.

Storm surge flooding in Nags Head, NC, during Hurricane Irene (2011). Image and info: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/08/pictures/110828-hurricane-irene-new-york-jersey-flooding-storm-nation/.

​Cape Hatteras U-Surge Team

Hal Needham
Nick McIntyre
Martina Rogers