Oh my poor Outer Banks! More bad weather for Nags Head :(

[Anonymous]

HIGH SURF AND MINOR BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE TONIGHT ON THE OUTER BANKS AS WELL AS POSSIBLE SOUND SIDE FLOODING ON THE SOUTHERN PAMLICO SOUND UNTIL 5:00PM EDT
Issue Time: 4:44AM EDT, Wednesday Oct 20, 2004
Valid Until: 5:00PM EDT, Wednesday Oct 20, 2004

HIGH SURF AND MINOR BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE TONIGHT ON THE OUTER BANKS AS WELL AS POSSIBLE SOUND SIDE FLOODING ON THE SOUTHERN PAMLICO SOUND
UNTIL 5:00PM EDT
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Coastal Flood Watch National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 443 AM EDT Wed Oct 20 2004

... High Surf And Minor Beach Erosion Possible Tonight On The Outer Banks As Well As Possible Sound Side Flooding On The Southern Pamlico Sound...

A Low Pressure System Will Move Off The Coast Tonight And Continue To Intensify As It Moves Slowly Northeast. The Winds Associated With This Low Will Result In Gusty North Winds Across The Region. Seas Will Build To 7 To 10 Feet Tonight And Will Create High Surf Conditions As Well As The Possibility Of Minor Beach Erosion From Ocracoke North The Currituck Beach Light. There Will Also Be The Possibility Of Sound Side Flooding On The Southern Pamlico Sound Due To The Long Duration Of Strong North To Northeast Winds. Water Levels On The Southern Pamlico Sound Could Reach 3 Feet Above Normal Thursday And Friday.

North To Northeast Winds 20 To 30 Mph Will Continue Into Friday And Seas Will Build To 10 To 12 Feet. As A Result High Surf And Minor Beach Erosion Will Be Possible Into Friday.

Stay Tuned To All Hazards Radio Or Your Favorite Media Source For The Latest Information On This Developing Weather Situation.

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I know all too well what this is like. The last day we were in Nags Head, on Monday Oct 11 this year, the OBX was getting hit hard by NNE winds at 18 to 28 mph with G to 33 mph, and the waves were running up the entire beach!! I hardly had any room to enjoy my jebwalk!!

Oh poor Nags Head! They can't take any more of this. Their dunes are so low and their beach is so easily covered by waves, all it takes is a 20 to 30 mph NNE wind and the entire beach is awash, with waves licking at the low dunes.

I saw this in person on Monday October 11, the day we left Nags Head. It was heartbreaking. NNE winds at 20 to 30 mph generate higher tides and waves that cover the entire beach, and much sea foam will develop and blow southward. With the waves covering the entire beach, jebwalking becomes next to impossible, to say nothing of blowing sea foam and strong wind gusts.

Oh my poor OBX is slowly washing away...............




-OBX Jeb

[Wnghs2007]

Hope things get better for you up there on the outer banks.

[yoda]

Things will get better Jeb...

Don't know how much snow you will see there...

[Wnghs2007]

Things will get better Jeb...

Don't know how much snow you will see there...

I hope he sees a lot. AND I BETTER TO

[yoda]

Things will get better Jeb...

Don't know how much snow you will see there...

I hope he sees a lot. AND I BETTER TO

Quoting from Seinfeld.... "NO SNOW FOR YOU!!" (snow nazi)

[Wnghs2007]

Things will get better Jeb...

Don't know how much snow you will see there...

I hope he sees a lot. AND I BETTER TO

Quoting from Seinfeld.... "NO SNOW FOR YOU!!" (snow nazi)

Thinking of ways to find Matt. And get back at him for this statement.

[Anonymous]

Oh my poor OBX beaches.......Look at the Weatherbug forecast for the next 48 hours......


Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows around 60. North winds 15 to 25 mph.

Thursday
Mostly cloudy and windy. Highs in the middle 60s. North winds 20 to 30 mph.

Thursday Night
Partly cloudy and windy. Lows in the middle 50s. North winds 20 to 25 mph.

Friday
Partly cloudy and windy. Highs in the middle 60s. North winds 20 to 30 mph.

Friday Night
Partly cloudy and windy. Lows in the middle 50s. North winds 20 to 30 mph.

I really don't know how much more of this the OBX can take. Every time those north winds blow at 20 to 30 mph, they push so much water up against those poor depleted OBX dunes, some of which are only three feet tall, with vulnerable beach houses right behind the low dunes. It just breaks my heart. I love the OBX so much!! I wish it were not so darn windy there! Those foaming waves are washing away the beach, washing away those dunes. I anguish every day, wondering if I will ever get to enjoy another precious OBX jebwalk there next October. Or will my precious OBX be all washed away?

I personally observed what 20 to 30 mph N winds do to the beach at Nags Head. It's terrible. The water rises a foot above normal high tide and waves run all the way up the beach and wash away at the poor low dunes. The sea foam blows down the beach as the dunes get worn away.

Every day I anguish over my precious OBX beach, checking my WeatherBug, entering zip code 27959 (Nags Head) into my WeatherBug and anguishing over the strong winds, just worrying about what those darn strong North winds are doing to my precious OBX beach!!!


-OBX Jeb

[breeze]

Jeb, I got my Outer Banks Reality catalog, in
the mail, today. Me and some friends are
thinking of renting a vacation home for the week,
next Spring - a nice one - oceanfront. We were
thinking Hatteras or Frisco. Ohhh, keep the
beaches there! I want to enjoy it like Jeb wants
his Jebwalk! (No snow forecasted......right???)

[Anonymous]

Oh, my poor OBX beaches!! They're getting washed away!


ALERT 1 - Coastal Flood Warning
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH THROUGH TONIGHT
Issue Time: 3:09AM EDT, Saturday Oct 23, 2004
Valid Until: 4:00PM EDT, Saturday Oct 23, 2004
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HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH
THROUGH TONIGHT
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Coastal Flood Statement National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 304 AM EDT Sat Oct 23 2004

... High Surf Advisory From Cape Lookout North Through Tonight...

A Storm System Well Offshore Will Combine With A Ridge Of High Pressure Building South Into The Mid Atlantic States To Create Gusty North Winds Over The Western Atlantic Today Through Sunday. These Gusty Winds Will Create Long Period Swells Of 10 To 12 Feet Along Coastal Sections Of North Carolina North Of Cape Lookout. These Long Period Swells Will Result In Breaking Waves Of 12 To 15 Feet And High Surf Along Area Beaches From Cape Lookout Northward Through Tonight. This High Surf Will Produce Minor Beach Erosion And Minor Overwash Through Tonight.

Stay Tuned To All Hazards Radio Or Your Favorite Media Source For The Latest Information On This Developing Weather Situation.

[breeze]

Uh-ohhhhhh...maybe another trip to
Breaux Bridge, this spring, instead?

[Anonymous]

Days and days (so far....) of my precious OBX washing away.....


Coastal Flood Warning
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH THROUGH TONIGHT
Issue Time: 12:41PM EDT, Sunday Oct 24, 2004
Valid Until: 4:00AM EDT, Monday Oct 25, 2004

HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH
THROUGH TONIGHT
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Coastal Flood Statement National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 1241 PM EDT Sun Oct 24 2004

... High Surf Advisory From Cape Lookout North Through Tonight... ... Ocean Overwash Will Continue Along Parts Of Highway 12 On The Outer Banks...

Long Period Swells Associated With A Storm System Well Offshore Will Create Breaking Waves Of 10 To 15 Feet Along The Outer Banks From Cape Lookout Northward Today And Tonight. This High Surf Will Produce Minor Beach Erosion And Minor Ocean Overwash Through Tonight.

Dare County Communications Reported Ocean Overwash Along Highway 12 Between Salvo And Rodanthe. The Road Remains Open However Additional Overwash Will Be Likely... Especially Around High Tide... .Which Will Be Around 530 PM This Evening And Around 600 AM Monday Morning. Motorists North Of Cape Hatteras Should Be Prepared For Delays Along Highway 12 Through Monday.

The High Surf Conditions Will Begin To Subside By Tuesday As The Low Pressure System Slowly Moves Further Northeast.

Stay Tuned To All Hazards Radio Or Your Favorite Media Source For The Latest Information On This Developing Weather Situation.



Oh my poor OBX beaches!! This is TERRIBLE!!


-OBX Jeb

[Anonymous]

This non-tropical storm that is lashing the hell outa Bermuda is also contributing to the waves, winds, and merciless high tides that are eroding the poor OBX!!!!



Strong non-tropical low continues to whip Bermuda
12:13 p.m. ET ET Sun.,Oct.24,2004

Buzz Bernard, Sr. Meteorologist, The Weather Channel

A strong non-tropical low centered just northeast of Bermuda this afternoon continues to whip the island with wind gusts in excess of 50 mph. Winds peaked at 63 mph early this morning, but are expected to diminish slowly over the next 12 hours as the low drifts eastward. Only indirect effects from the storm will be felt in the U. S. Offshore gale warnings remain posted from Provincetown, Mass., to Montauk Point, N. Y. Waves along the Mid-Atlantic coast from New Jersey to North Carolina are expected to build to 12-18 feet and be accompanied by dangerous rip currents. Farther south, waves of 6-10 feet (and rip currents) will roll into northeast Florida.

In the eastern Pacific, a tropical low located several hundred miles south of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, is marked by cloudiness and heavy showers, but additional development of the system, if any, will be slow.

In the western Pacific, small but powerful Typhoon Nock-Ten (120 mph), charging northwest out of the Philippine Sea, is nearing Taiwan. Nock-Ten is expected to crash into the northeast coast of the island this afternoon (U. S. time) with 115-mph winds and seas of 30-40 feet. The eye of the typhoon is forecast to pass over or near Taiwan late tonight (U. S. time) as the storm shifts to a more northerly track and spins into the East China Sea.




This is truly horrible news for my precious Outer Banks!!! There are many property owners in the besieged OBX that are not going to sleep very well tonight or tomorrow!!! Many structures in Nags Head are fronted by very small, low (3-foot high) "dunes" that even now are being washed and eroded by these darn ocean waves!!!

It's just not fair!!! The property owners all along the embattled Outer Banks are crying their eyes out, and so am I!!!!!

I love my precious OBX, and it's washing away!! Those 12 to 18 foot waves are just too much!!!!


-OBX Jeb

[Anonymous]

Bad, but not as severe as the past 4 to 5 days......


ALERT 1 - Coastal Flood Warning
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM CAPE HATTERAS NORTH UNTIL 5:00AM EDT
Issue Time: 3:46PM EDT, Monday Oct 25, 2004
Valid Until: 5:00AM EDT, Tuesday Oct 26, 2004

HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM CAPE HATTERAS NORTH
UNTIL 5:00AM EDT
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Coastal Flood Statement National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 345 PM EDT Mon Oct 25 2004

... High Surf Advisory From Cape Hatteras North... ... Ocean Overwash Along Parts Of Highway 12 On The Outer Banks...

Long Period Swells... Associated With A Storm System Well Offshore... Will Create Breaking Waves Of 6 To 8 Feet Along The Outer Banks Tonight. This High Surf Will Produce Beach Erosion And Minor Ocean Overwash.

Dare County Communications Reported Ocean Overwash Along Highway 12 Monday Morning North Of Rodanthe With One Lane Closed For About A One Mile Stretch. Additional Overwash Will Be Likely... Especially Around High Tide Which Will Be Between 6 PM And 7 PM This Evening. Motorists North Of Cape Hatteras Should Be Prepared For Delays Along Highway 12 Tonight.

The High Surf Conditions Will Begin To Subside Wednesday As The Low Pressure System Slowly Moves Further North-Northeast.

Stay Tuned To All Hazards Radio Or Your Favorite Media Source For The Latest Information On This Situation.