Weather Alerts For Cape Hatteras Natl Seashore, NC

# SUMMARY -------------------- The National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City has issued a - Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Dare County in eastern North Carolina... - Until 545 PM EDT. - At 320 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. # DETAILS -------------------- HAZARD Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE Radar. IMPACT Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, Manteo, Whalebone, Roanoke Island Festival Park, Outer Banks Fishing Pier, Wanchese, Jockeys Ridge State Park, Nags Head Fishing Pier, Bodie Island Lighthouse and Wright Brothers National Monument. ISSUED AT Monday, July 6, 2026 at 3:20 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC HEADER BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED | Flash Flood Warning # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

# HEADLINE -------------------- HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Heat index values up to 105. WHERE Coastal Onslow, East Carteret, Pamlico, and West Carteret Counties, and Hatteras Island, Northern Outer Banks, and Ocracoke Island. WHEN Until 8 PM EDT this evening. IMPACTS Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. ISSUED AT Monday, July 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC HEADER URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Coastal Onslow, East Carteret, Hatteras Island, Northern Outer Banks, Ocracoke Island, Pamlico, West Carteret Including the cities of Arapahoe, Atlantic Beach, Swansboro, Stella, Manteo, Sneads Ferry, Buxton, North Topsail Beach, Kitty Hawk, Frisco, Cedar Island, Duck, Southern Shores, Avon, Harkers Island, Nags Head, Beaufort, Morehead City, Sea Level, Oriental, Hatteras Village, Ocracoke, Newport, Emerald Isle, Rodanthe, Vandemere, Kill Devil Hills, and Bayboro

Closest strike: 0.15 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...THE ARKLATEX...AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA INTO EXTREME NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA SUMMARY Widely scattered severe thunderstorms capable of large hail and severe wind gusts remain possible across the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota this afternoon and evening. Isolated to scattered damaging wind gusts will also be possible with the strongest storms in the southern Mid-Atlantic, Carolinas, and ArkLaTex regions. 20Z Update The previous forecast (see below) remains on track, with only minor changes made to the thunder and severe probabilities to reflect the latest observations and numerical guidance consensus.