Weather Alerts For West Onslow Beach, NC

# HEADLINE -------------------- BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Dangerous rip currents. WHERE The beaches from Ocracoke Inlet to Surf City. WHEN From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. IMPACTS Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. ADDITIONAL DETAILS The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 3 PM Sunday. ISSUED AT Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 2:18 AM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC HEADER Coastal Hazard Message # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Coastal Onslow, East Carteret, West Carteret

# HEADLINE -------------------- FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. WHERE A portion of eastern North Carolina, including the following areas, Coastal Onslow, East Carteret, Hatteras Island, Inland Onslow, Jones, Mainland Dare, Mainland Hyde, Northern Outer Banks, Ocracoke Island, Pamlico, Southern Craven and West Carteret. WHEN Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. IMPACTS Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. ADDITIONAL DETAILS - A plume of tropical moisture will overspread the area and will combine with strong lift and weak to moderate instability to support areas of intense rainfall rates and an accompanying risk of flooding. Additional rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are forecast, with locally higher amounts possible. The highest amounts are expected to be where bands of thunderstorms are most persistent. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood ISSUED AT Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 2:21 AM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC HEADER Flood Watch # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Coastal Onslow, East Carteret, Hatteras Island, Inland Onslow, Jones, Mainland Dare, Mainland Hyde, Northern Outer Banks, Ocracoke Island, Pamlico, Southern Craven, West Carteret Including the cities of Morehead City, Duck, Sneads Ferry, Fairfield, Harkers Island, Manteo, Swansboro, Beaufort, Stumpy Point, North Topsail Beach, Frisco, Sea Level, Kitty Hawk, Emerald Isle, East Lake, Trenton, River Bend, Half Moon, Engelhard, Swanquarter, Arapahoe, Hatteras Village, Avon, Southern Shores, Ocracoke, Manns Harbor, Jacksonville, Buxton, Rodanthe, Pollocksville, Newport, Stella, Ponzer, Scranton, Vandemere, Atlantic Beach, Havelock, Fairfield Harbor, Cedar Island, Bayboro, New Bern, Oriental, Kill Devil Hills, Richlands, Nags Head, and Maysville

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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 MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE CAROLINAS AND DESERT SOUTHWEST SUMMARY Thunderstorms associated with an isolated tornado threat will be possible this evening across parts of the Carolinas. A few severe wind gusts will also be possible in parts of the Desert Southwest. Carolinas The remnants of Isaias will continue to move northward across the Tennessee Valley this evening. In the eastern part of the system, scattered convection with little lightning activity is currently ongoing from eastern Georgia northward into the western Carolinas. This convection is located along and near the axis of a low-level jet. Surface analysis has dewpoints over much of eastern Georgia and southern South Carolina in the 70s F. Within this moist airmass, the RAP has MLCAPE in the 1000 to 1500 J/kg range. In addition, the latest WSR-88D VWP at Columbia, South Carolina has a looped hodograph with 0-3 km storm-relative helicity near 500 m2/s2. This strong low-level shear will support a tornado threat this evening into the overnight with rotating cells that remain semi-discrete, mainly across the eastern half of South Carolina into southern North Carolina. Desert Southwest Tropical Storm Rachel, in conjunction with a mid-level shortwave trough, will move toward the northern part of Baja California this evening. Ahead of the system, moisture advection will continue across parts of the Desert Southwest. Over southwestern Arizona, surface dewpoints will continue to increase into the mid to upper 60s F, aiding destabilization this evening with MLCAPE increasing to around 1000 J/kg. In addition, large-scale ascent will increase as the exit region of a mid-level jet overspreads the region. In response to the lift, scattered thunderstorms will likely develop and move northeastward across southern and western Arizona this evening. The mid-level jet will also create moderate to strong deep-layer shear sufficient for isolated severe storms. A few severe wind gusts will be possible.