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 continued to march north through the heart of Eastern North Carolina on Saturday, September 23rd. Ophelia eventually weakened to a Tropical Depression Saturday evening over southern Virginia.
Ophelia brought widespread heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and significant river and storm surge flooding to portions of Eastern North Carolina, and is a reminder that it's never "just a tropical storm". One of the more notable impacts with Ophelia was flooding, both from storm surge and from heavy rain / flash flooding. Significant storm surge flooding occurred along the Neuse, Pamlico, and Pungo Rivers. Inland, significant flooding occurred in the Greenville area due to flash flooding and a rapidly rising Green Mill Run.
**We will continue to update this page as new information, pictures, and reports come in. Please check back for later updates to this summary.**
Flooding
River Flooding
Intense rainfall occurred in Greenville, leading to flash flooding and rapid water rises along Green Mill Run. |
Storm Surge Flooding
Significant water level rises occurred due to storm surge along the Pamlico River, flooding parts of Washington |
Significant water level rises occurred due to storm surge along the Pungo River, flooding areas in and around Belhaven. Pictured above is along East Main Street in Belhaven where a preliminary estimate of 4-5 ft of storm surge, above normally dry ground, occurred. |
Water level rises along the Pamlico Sound caused storm surge flooding impacts along the western end of the sound, and adjacent tidal rivers and creeks. |
Water level rises along the Neuse and Trent Rivers due to storm surge caused flooding in and around the New Bern area. Pictured above is Arapaho, where a preliminary estimate of 4.7 ft of surge, above normally dry ground, occurred. |
Water level rises along the Pamlico Sound caused flooding along Highway 12 through Downeast Carteret County |
Rain Reports
Rainfall Totals
Precipitation Reports from Tropical Storm Ophelia
...TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION REPORTS... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...North Carolina... ...Beaufort County... Bunyan RAWS 4.90 in 0813 AM 09/24 RAWS Pantego 0.4 WSW 4.77 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Washington 10.5 ESE 4.54 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS NC Fire RAWS No. 4 4.47 in 0846 AM 09/24 RAWS Chocowinity 0.2 W 4.14 in 0800 AM 09/24 COCORAHS ...Carteret County... Cape Carteret 1.5 NE 8.11 in 0800 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Cape Carteret 1.0 NNW 6.99 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Cape Carteret 0.8 NE 6.80 in 0721 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Cape Carteret 4.2 NW 6.31 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Cape Carteret 0.6 E 6.20 in 0901 AM 09/24 CWOP Emerald Isle 3 WSW 6.16 in 0854 AM 09/24 CWOP Cedar Point 0.9 WSW 5.67 in 0544 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Beaufort 3.8 N 5.29 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Beaufort 0.5 W 5.23 in 0800 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Swansboro 3.7 NNE 5.13 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Morehead City 4.7 W 5.12 in 0900 AM 09/24 CWOP Morehead City 5.1 WNW 5.11 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Newport (WFO MHX) 5.08 in 1200 AM 09/24 COOP Cedar Point 4.91 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Newport 2.5 W 4.89 in 0900 AM 09/24 CWOP Croatan RAWS 4.76 in 0848 AM 09/24 RAWS Morehead City 6.0 WNW 4.69 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Morehead City 0.1 E 4.58 in 0800 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Emerald Isle 0.2 ENE 4.53 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Newport 0.2 SW 4.53 in 0900 AM 09/24 CWOP Morehead City 2.9 WNW 4.44 in 0853 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Stella 2.5 SE 4.37 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Atlantic Beach 0.6 W 4.37 in 0730 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Pine Knoll Shores 1.4 E 4.32 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Newport 6.3 SW 3.93 in 0900 AM 09/24 CWOP Indian Beach 0.0 W 3.86 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Newport 7.5 E 3.58 in 0907 AM 09/24 CWOP Beaufort (MRH ASOS) 3.49 in 0858 AM 09/24 ASOS Cedar Island RAWS 3.29 in 0825 AM 09/24 RAWS Emerald Isle 2.1 E 2.64 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Atlantic Beach 0.4 E 2.54 in 0900 AM 09/24 CWOP Beaufort 1.52 in 0905 AM 09/24 CWOP Beaufort 0.3 SE 1.52 in 0910 AM 09/24 AWS ...Craven County... New Bern 2.6 SW 6.85 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS New Bern 8.8 W 6.65 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Trent Woods 1.3 SSE 6.37 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Perrytown (COOP) 6.37 in 0730 AM 09/24 COOP Trent Woods 1.0 NNE 6.20 in 0705 AM 09/24 COCORAHS New Bern 5.3 SW 6.14 in 0703 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Trent Woods 1.2 ENE 6.10 in 0600 AM 09/24 COCORAHS New Bern 3.8 S 6.00 in 0800 AM 09/24 COCORAHS James City 2.5 S 5.86 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS New Bern 1.3 NNE 5.59 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS New Bern RAWS 5.06 in 0817 AM 09/24 RAWS James City 3 S 5.00 in 0910 AM 09/24 AWS 1 WNW Coastal Carolina Regio 4.35 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS New Bern (EWN ASOS) 3.64 in 0854 AM 09/24 ASOS Cherry Point (NKT ASOS) 3.61 in 0856 AM 09/24 AWOS Havelock 3 S 3.45 in 0910 AM 09/24 AWS Havelock 1.9 SSE 3.36 in 0715 AM 09/24 COCORAHS JAMES CITY 3.32 in 0905 AM 09/24 CWOP Havelock 0.7 NW 3.01 in 0905 AM 09/24 CWOP ...Dare County... Buxton RAWS 3.66 in 0830 AM 09/24 RAWS Southern Shores 1.7 NNW 3.34 in 0907 AM 09/24 CWOP Dare Bombing Range 3.33 in 0854 AM 09/24 RAWS Frisco (HSE ASOS) 3.29 in 0851 AM 09/24 ASOS Dare Bomb Range RAWS 3.16 in 0848 AM 09/24 RAWS Buxton 0.7 SE 2.94 in 0900 AM 09/24 CWOP Manteo 2.8 NW 2.90 in 0800 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Southern Shores 0.5 NNE 2.65 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Nags Head 2.07 in 0905 AM 09/24 CWOP Nags Head 1.3 NW 1.91 in 0910 AM 09/24 AWS Rodanthe 0.6 N 1.49 in 0845 AM 09/24 CWOP Rodanthe 1.0 SSE 1.17 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS ...Duplin County... Mount Olive 2.4 SW 3.83 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Kenansville 2.99 in 0900 AM 09/24 CWOP Nc Fire Raws No. 3 2.71 in 0812 AM 09/24 RAWS Jacksonville 8.8 NNW 2.64 in 0908 AM 09/24 CWOP ...Greene County... Ayden 6.5 WNW 3.90 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Snow Hill 2.73 in 0700 AM 09/24 COOP Snow Hill 3.1 NNE 2.73 in 0800 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Hookerton 0.5 ESE 1.59 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS ...Hyde County... Engelhard 0.8 NW 3.77 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Fairfield RAWS 3.09 in 0817 AM 09/24 RAWS ...Jones County... ...Lenoir County... Pink Hill 2.5 NE 4.52 in 0808 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Kinston 4.4 WNW 4.41 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Kinston 5.1 WNW 3.90 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS ...Martin County... Williamston 8.9 SSE 4.47 in 0641 AM 09/24 COCORAHS ...Onslow County... Jacksonville (COOP) 8.82 in 0640 AM 09/24 COOP Jacksonville 7.0 W 8.64 in 0901 AM 09/24 CWOP Hubert 4.9 SE 5.22 in 0734 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Swansboro 3.3 NW 5.02 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Holly Ridge 9.0 ENE 4.84 in 0618 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Hoffman RAWS 4.78 in 0910 AM 09/24 RAWS Swansboro 2.8 WSW 4.63 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Holly Ridge 4.8 E 4.51 in 0900 AM 09/24 CWOP Sneads Ferry 1.2 SSW 4.47 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS 2 WNW New River Station 4.26 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Jacksonville 4.5 NW 4.06 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Sandy Run RAWS 3.93 in 0819 AM 09/24 RAWS Jacksonville (NCA ASOS) 3.71 in 0856 AM 09/24 AWOS Sneads Ferry 1.7 SE 3.57 in 0900 AM 09/24 CWOP MAPLE HILL 3.37 in 0910 AM 09/24 CWOP Jacksonville 4.5 NW 3.27 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Jacksonville 1.7 NNW 2.53 in 0909 AM 09/24 CWOP ...Pamlico County... Bayboro 0.4 W 4.95 in 0910 AM 09/24 AWS Bayboro 3 SW 4.91 in 0700 AM 09/24 COOP Oriental 4.3 NNW 4.69 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Burlington 3.80 in 0900 AM 09/24 CWOP Lowland 0.2 SE 3.63 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Oriental 1.7 NE 3.26 in 0900 AM 09/24 CWOP ...Pitt County... WINTERVILLE 7.60 in 0907 AM 09/24 CWOP Greenville 4.4 SSE 6.78 in 0800 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Greenville 7.1 SSE 6.28 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Winterville 2.5 NNW 6.13 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Greenville 5.0 SE 6.05 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Winterville 3.5 W 5.75 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Greenville 4.7 WNW 5.65 in 0750 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Greenville 1.4 SE 4.45 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Greenville (COOP) 3.64 in 1200 AM 09/24 COOP Winterville 3 WNW 3.36 in 0506 AM 09/24 CWOP FARMVILLE 3.22 in 0910 AM 09/24 CWOP Fountain 0.1 NE 3.08 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Greenville 3.8 S 2.88 in 0906 AM 09/24 CWOP ...Tyrrell County... Gum Neck (COOP) 3.61 in 0600 AM 09/24 COOP ...Washington County... Plymouth 12.2 SSE 4.89 in 0909 AM 09/24 CWOP Roper 2.4 NE 4.87 in 0700 AM 09/24 COCORAHS Pocosin Lakes RAWS 3.78 in 0817 AM 09/24 RAWS Creswell 2.6 SSW 3.34 in 0900 AM 09/24 CWOP Roper 9.8 ENE 3.04 in 0900 AM 09/24 CWOP
Wind Reports
Wind Gusts
Wind Reports from Tropical Storm Ophelia
...TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA 24 HR HIGHEST WIND REPORTS... Location Speed Time/Date Provider ...North Carolina... ...Beaufort County... Washington (OCW AWOS) 38 MPH 1025 PM 09/22 AWOS Bunyan RAWS 38 MPH 1213 AM 09/23 RAWS Chocowinity 9.7 SE 31 MPH 0715 AM 09/23 DAVIS Aurora 5.6 NE (Pamlico Aqua 28 MPH 0655 AM 09/23 NC-ECONET ...Carteret County... Cape Lookout CMAN 72 MPH 0500 AM 09/23 NDBC Beaufort (MRH ASOS) 67 MPH 0607 AM 09/23 ASOS Fort Macon (WxFlow) 65 MPH 0530 AM 09/23 WXFLOW Beaufort 65 MPH 0621 AM 09/23 CWOP Piney Island (NBT AWOS) 61 MPH 0700 PM 09/22 AWOS Beaufort (Duke Marine Lab) 60 MPH 0548 AM 09/23 NOS-NWLON Bogue Field (NJM ASOS) 58 MPH 0502 AM 09/23 AWOS North River (WxFlow) 55 MPH 0619 AM 09/23 WXFLOW Davis 52 MPH 0705 PM 09/22 DAVIS Davis 52 MPH 0705 PM 09/22 DAVIS Atlantic Beach 0.4 E 48 MPH 0630 PM 09/22 CWOP Cedar Island RAWS 48 MPH 0425 AM 09/23 RAWS Croatan RAWS 46 MPH 0548 AM 09/23 RAWS Atlantic Beach 43 MPH 0445 AM 09/23 DAVIS Newport 7.5 E 41 MPH 0457 AM 09/23 CWOP Morehead City 4.7 W 41 MPH 0530 AM 09/23 CWOP Morehead City 38 MPH 0445 AM 09/23 DAVIS Emerald Isle 3 WSW 34 MPH 0320 PM 09/22 CWOP Newport 2.5 W 34 MPH 0515 AM 09/23 CWOP Cape Carteret 0.6 E 34 MPH 0530 AM 09/23 CWOP Newport 6.3 SW 34 MPH 0645 AM 09/23 CWOP Newport 10.3 ENE 33 MPH 0625 PM 09/22 CWOP Harkers Island 0.9 NW 32 MPH 0525 AM 09/23 DAVIS Beaufort 30 MPH 0655 AM 09/23 CWOP ...Craven County... Cherry Point (NKT ASOS) 67 MPH 0700 AM 09/23 AWOS New Bern (EWN ASOS) 55 MPH 0741 AM 09/23 ASOS JAMES CITY 36 MPH 0615 PM 09/22 CWOP New Bern RAWS 36 MPH 0817 PM 09/22 RAWS Havelock 0.7 NW 34 MPH 0455 AM 09/23 CWOP Havelock 3 S 25 MPH 0715 AM 09/23 AWS ...Dare County... Oregon Inlet CG (WxFlow) 68 MPH 0931 PM 09/22 WXFLOW Buxton (WxFlow) 61 MPH 0712 PM 09/22 WXFLOW Avon (WxFlow) 57 MPH 0553 PM 09/22 WXFLOW Oregon Inlet (WxFlow) 57 MPH 0919 PM 09/22 WXFLOW Rodanthe 0.6 N 55 MPH 0701 PM 09/22 CWOP DVI11679 54 MPH 0615 PM 09/22 DAVIS KHK Resort (WxFlow) 54 MPH 0733 PM 09/22 WXFLOW Oregon Inlet Marina 54 MPH 0936 PM 09/22 NOS-NWLON ECU Coastal Studies Institut 54 MPH 0940 PM 09/22 MESOWEST Nags Head 54 MPH 0953 PM 09/22 CWOP Real Slick (WxFlow) 53 MPH 0730 PM 09/22 WXFLOW Buxton RAWS 52 MPH 0630 PM 09/22 RAWS Hatteras High (WxFlow) 49 MPH 0622 PM 09/22 WXFLOW Manteo (MQI AWOS) 49 MPH 1005 PM 09/22 AWOS Frisco (HSE ASOS) 48 MPH 0731 AM 09/23 ASOS Manteo 0.5 SSE 44 MPH 0945 PM 09/22 DAVIS Kill Devil Hills 43 MPH 1025 PM 09/22 DAVIS Rodanthe 41 MPH 0325 PM 09/22 DAVIS Dare Bomb Range RAWS 41 MPH 0948 PM 09/22 RAWS Southern Shores 1.7 NNW 41 MPH 1028 PM 09/22 CWOP Kill Devil Hills (FFA AWOS) 40 MPH 0815 PM 09/22 AWOS Kill Devil Hills 40 MPH 1045 PM 09/22 DAVIS Dare Co Gnry Ran (2DP AWOS) 38 MPH 0310 PM 09/22 AWOS Kitty Hawk 38 MPH 0950 PM 09/22 DAVIS Frisco 37 MPH 0855 AM 09/22 DAVIS Manteo 36 MPH 1005 PM 09/22 DAVIS Buxton 0.7 SE 36 MPH 0515 AM 09/23 CWOP Kitty Hawk 35 MPH 1025 PM 09/22 DAVIS Manteo 0.2 E 31 MPH 0800 PM 09/22 DAVIS Kitty Hawk 3.9 NNW 27 MPH 1035 PM 09/22 DAVIS Avon 25 MPH 0725 PM 09/22 DAVIS Kitty Hawk 25 MPH 1015 PM 09/22 DAVIS ...Duplin County... Kenansville (DPL AWOS) 43 MPH 0845 PM 09/22 AWOS Kenansville 39 MPH 0930 PM 09/22 CWOP Wallace (ACZ AWOS) 39 MPH 1005 PM 09/22 AWOS Nc Fire Raws No. 3 37 MPH 0812 PM 09/22 RAWS Wallace 6.4 WNW (Williamsdal 35 MPH 0850 PM 09/22 NC-ECONET Chinquapin 31 MPH 0605 AM 09/23 DAVIS Jacksonville 8.8 NNW 27 MPH 0936 PM 09/22 CWOP Chinquapin 26 MPH 0755 PM 09/22 DAVIS Mount Olive 17 MPH 0105 AM 09/23 DAVIS ...Hyde County... Engelhard (7W6 AWOS) 41 MPH 0445 PM 09/22 AWOS Ocracoke 40 MPH 0715 PM 09/22 DAVIS Fairfield RAWS 31 MPH 0717 AM 09/23 RAWS ...Lenoir County... Kinston (ISO AWOS) 39 MPH 0505 AM 09/23 AWOS Kinston 2.5 NNE (Cunningham 34 MPH 0905 PM 09/22 NC-ECONET ...Martin County... Williamston (MCZ AWOS) 33 MPH 1020 PM 09/22 AWOS Williamston 2.4 WSW (HP Comm 28 MPH 1135 PM 09/22 NC-ECONET ...Onslow County... Jacksonville (NCA ASOS) 60 MPH 0802 PM 09/22 AWOS Jacksonville 1.7 NNW 42 MPH 0827 PM 09/22 CWOP Sneads Ferry 1.7 SE 41 MPH 0630 PM 09/22 CWOP Richlands (OAJ AWOS) 40 MPH 0918 PM 09/22 AWOS Sandy Run RAWS 38 MPH 0619 AM 09/23 RAWS Jacksonville 7.0 W 34 MPH 0851 PM 09/22 CWOP MAPLE HILL 31 MPH 0927 PM 09/22 CWOP Holly Ridge 4.8 E 29 MPH 0615 AM 09/23 CWOP Hoffman RAWS 29 MPH 0710 AM 09/23 RAWS Jacksonville 22 MPH 0755 PM 09/22 DAVIS ...Pamlico County... Oriental 1.7 NE 45 MPH 0715 AM 09/23 CWOP Burlington 19 MPH 0615 AM 09/23 CWOP Bayboro 0.4 W 16 MPH 0725 PM 09/22 AWS ...Pitt County... Greenville (PGV AWOS) 45 MPH 0525 AM 09/23 AWOS FARMVILLE 37 MPH 0950 PM 09/22 CWOP Greenville (Dowdy Ficklen St 29 MPH 1140 PM 09/22 MESOWEST Greenville 3.8 S 26 MPH 1039 PM 09/22 CWOP Greenville 24 MPH 1030 PM 09/22 DAVIS WINTERVILLE 18 MPH 0418 AM 09/23 CWOP ...Washington County... Tidewater Research Station 38 MPH 0655 PM 09/22 NC-ECONET Creswell 2.6 SSW 35 MPH 0730 PM 09/22 CWOP Roper 9.8 ENE 32 MPH 1145 PM 09/22 CWOP Pocosin Lakes RAWS 29 MPH 0917 PM 09/22 RAWS Plymouth 12.2 SSE 18 MPH 0556 PM 09/22 CWOP ...Maritime Stations... Jennettes Pier (WxFlow) 67 MPH 1000 PM 09/22 WXFLOW Onslow Bay Buoy (41064) 65 MPH 0608 PM 09/22 NDBC Pamlico Sound (WxFlow) 61 MPH 0458 PM 09/22 WXFLOW Diamond Buoy (41025) 60 MPH 0110 PM 09/22 NDBC Crab Point (Wx Flow) 59 MPH 0521 AM 09/23 WXFLOW Avon Sound (WxFlow) 56 MPH 0705 PM 09/22 WXFLOW Duck Pier 56 MPH 1054 PM 09/22 NOS-NWLON Frisco Woods (WxFlow) 54 MPH 0512 PM 09/22 WXFLOW Roanoke Sound Channel (WxFlo 52 MPH 1007 PM 09/22 WXFLOW Croatan Sound (WxFlow) 49 MPH 0939 PM 09/22 WXFLOW Emerald Isle 42 MPH 0145 PM 09/22 DAVIS
Pictures/Social Media
Check out this clip from a Buxton, #NorthCarolina livecam just now as #TropicalStormOphelia makes some rough surf in the #Outerbanks. 🌊😲 #ncwx @NWSMoreheadCity pic.twitter.com/miTYSaE0N5
— BirdingPeepWx (@BirdingPeepWx) September 22, 2023
New Bern, NC roughly 24 hours apart.
— Mark Sudduth (@hurricanetrack) September 23, 2023
Probably gonna see a few more feet before all is said and done. @foxweather @NWSMoreheadCity pic.twitter.com/uzqmlDOds5
Water knee high in several homes along the water front in New Bern, NC with the worst still yet to come. High tide around 3am #Ophelia #NCwx pic.twitter.com/S1VDrpBlE0
— Aaron Rigsby (@AaronRigsbyOSC) September 23, 2023
Whoa! Check out these waves caught just now on an Emerald Isle, #NorthCarolina livecam as #TropicalStormOphelia draws near. 🌊😲#ncwx #Ophelia @NWSMoreheadCity pic.twitter.com/pQXCWDqZcG
— BirdingPeepWx (@BirdingPeepWx) September 23, 2023
Ophelia put a minor storm surge into New Bern, NC yesterday morning as the wind pushed up the Neuse River several feet. This video shows the before and during. @foxweather @NWSMoreheadCity pic.twitter.com/ykE7sCWA1t
— Mark Sudduth (@hurricanetrack) September 24, 2023
Here are a few scenes taken of the “major” storm surge flooding that inundated much of downtown #Washington, #ncwx during the late morning hours. #Ophelia will be a storm, in this particular town, that people will talk about for generations to come. pic.twitter.com/uA4OzkamJz
— Tony Brite (@tbrite89) September 24, 2023
Storm surge flooding in Washington, North Carolina.@foxweather @NWSMoreheadCity pic.twitter.com/F1f8f0oboR
— Mark Sudduth (@hurricanetrack) September 23, 2023
Hey @NWSMoreheadCity here is a watermark from Washington from todays storm surge. Could be useful for your survey. @hurricanetrack pic.twitter.com/2vfArqK915
— Marcel Ligabo (@ligabozn) September 23, 2023
Just a couple of hours makes a big difference in Washington, NC as storm surge from the Pamlico River moves in with TS Ophelia. @foxweather @NWSMoreheadCity pic.twitter.com/4cjVxUi0Qv
— Mark Sudduth (@hurricanetrack) September 23, 2023
@NOAA @NWS stations 41025 measured wave heights up to 23 ft and CLKN7 measured wind gusts to 65 kts from #tropical #storm #Ophelia. Impressive images from 41025’s #buoycam this morning. @NHC_TAFB @NWSMoreheadCity @NHC_Atlantic https://t.co/aCk538LgTthttps://t.co/TtwEy55mzQ pic.twitter.com/SWtynYycEO
— NWS_DataBuoyCenter (@databuoycenter) September 23, 2023