A coastal flood advisory was issued by the NWS Wilmington NC on Monday at 2:42 a.m. valid for Monday between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. The advisory is for Coastal Pender, Coastal New Hanover and Coastal Brunswick.

In the midst of a drought, Hampton Roads received a good, soaking rainfall, and tidal flooding occurred for some areas during high tide this past weekend.

On Thursday at 7:29 a.m. a coastal flood advisory was issued by the NWS Wilmington NC. The advisory is for Coastal Pender, Coastal New Hanover and Coastal Brunswick.

On Wednesday at 2:31 p.m. the NWS Wilmington NC issued a coastal flood advisory valid for Thursday between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. The advisory is for Coastal Pender, Coastal New Hanover and Coastal Brunswick.

The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued a coastal flood watch at 3:35 p.m. on Wednesday valid from Friday 1 a.m. until Saturday 10 a.m. The watch is for Northern Outer Banks, Ocracoke Island and Hatteras Island.

A coastal storm, combined with King Tides are causing flooding problems for the Carolinas heading into the weekend. The rain event is also bringing the first substantial rainfall to western North Carolina since Hurricane Helene.

An area of low pressure off the Carolina coast on Friday will bring significant impacts to the Outer Banks in the form of damaging wind gusts, moderate to major coastal flooding and heavy rain.

A slug of moisture that impacted the Gulf Coast with Tornado Warnings and flash flooding is expected to cause heavy rainfall across the eastern Carolinas. Expected rainfall totals could approach an inch along the I-40 corridor and 2-4 inches along the Outer Banks.