It’s been one heck of a day here on the Outer Banks. Maybe even weekend—just about all four seasons rolled into one compressed time period.
It was nice yesterday. A little sunshine, mild temperatures. But, oh what a difference a day makes. The day started mild but overcast. The high temperature was probably around 70 degrees.
And things went down rapidly from there. It’s about 30 degrees now. The wind is howling at 25 knots or so. Gusts a bit higher.
That, though, is nothing compared to when the front really hit. Gusts up to 60 mph and there was a lot of swirl in the wind. We didn’t have a tornado reported, although there was a tornado watch in effect.
And it rained and rained hard. Then, sort of adding to the misery, this afternoon a snow flurry or two and a quick little snow shower.
Admittedly it’s much worse farther north, but still, it’s March and this is the Outer Banks after all. This is really something a bit out of the ordinary.
The wind has been from the west and northwest all day. That can cause soundside flooding. North of Oregon Inlet we seem to have gotten off pretty easy. The waters of Hawk Bay were high in the afternoon, but had not spilled onto Moor Shore Road. We didn’t hear any reports of flooding from Duck where the north end of town is can flood from time to time.
There were some reports of water on the road along Colington Road, but that went down pretty quickly
Down on Hatteras Island there was standing water in the road in the Tri-Villages, Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo. That seems to have dissipated at last report.
All things considered, though, compared to what Philadelphia or New York City or any place north of us went through, we got off pretty easy.
When the opportunity comes, stop by for an Outer Banks visit. And be sure to stay in a Brindley Beach Vacations home.