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Some preliminary wind gusts across our area so far associated with Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight #ncwx

Isolated spots across southern New Hanover County near Carolina Beach have picked up over a foot of rain since midnight. Considerable flash flooding continues, and will worsen to the west across Brunswick County over the coming few hours. Stay off flooded roads! #ncwx

9/16 11am EDT: Coastal flooding and high surf from Potential Tropical Cyclone #Eight is likely along portions of the southeastern U.S. coast through this afternoon. Please visit hurricanes.gov for more details.

Life-threatening flash flooding is ongoing in Carolina Beach where volunteer rain gauges and radar are estimating over 15 inches of rain may have fallen. Thanks to Debbie Hart Van Niman, Laura Graff, and Pete Hancock for providing these photos to us. #ncwx

Roads are flooded at least 3 feet deep in parts of Carolina Beach. No cars or trucks are designed to safely travel in floodwater this deep. Please stay off the roads. #ncwx (Photo from Ashely MacBride in Carolina Beach)

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Historic rain has fallen across Carolina Beach, Southport, and BSL today. Volunteer gauges have recorded over a foot of rain since midnight. NOAA Atlas 14 shows 12"/12 hr occurs, on average, once every 200 years. 18"/12hr is once every 1000 years! hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/pfds/pfds_map_… #ncwx

Wild #flashflood ongoing in #carolinabeach and around SE #NorthCarolina #PTC8 NWS Wilmington, NC

More from Carolina Beach with this “no name” storm. Photos: Jen Mihalkanin

Updated list of peak wind gusts observed with Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight as of 2:30 pm today. #ncwx #PTC8

Photos shared by Ryland Matthews from near the US Highway 17 intersection with NC Highway 87 in Brunswick County. Never drive around barricades, and please do not drive through flooded roads. #ncwx #PTC8

Sharon Carlson shared this video with us from Carolina Beach showing the widespread flash flooding that continues across the town. Additional showers and thunderstorms, some heavy, will overspread the area late this afternoon. #ncwx #PTC8

A storm doesn’t need a name to do damage. Intense flooding caused damage today in North Carolina ⬇️🌀

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Rainfall totals exceeded 20 inches in parts of southeastern NC from Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight. Our Climate Blog has more on this surprising event, its extreme totals, and how it compares to the likes of Floyd in our state's history. #ncwx 📰: climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/09/r…

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TROPICS: A broad area of low pressure could form by the early to middle part of next week over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and the adjacent portions of Central America. Thereafter, gradual development of this system is possible, and a tropical depression could form as the