November 2006 OBX Nor'easter

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Thanksgiving 2006 Nor'Easter

The worst of the Thanksgiving nor’easter that struck Kitty Hawk and the Outer Banks Monday evening, moved out of the area around noon Wednesday. As the winds died down, clouds opened up to let the first sunshine seen in days peek through. When Kitty Hawk residents left their homes to survey the damage, they found flood waters and debris had closed the Beach Road as well as many streets between the highways. Power lines were dandling just about everywhere you looked.
The damage was not contained to the beach area though. Erick Gardner, owner of the Southern Bean Coffee Shop at the Dunes Shopping Center, reported he was making coffee for his customers with a generator around 6:30 Wednesday morning when he felt the entire building shaking around him. Within a few moments he heard a crash and saw the sign in front of the center had blown away pulling its concrete base out of the ground with it.
Along the ocean front the new Hilton Garden Hotel suffered damage to its vinyl siding and lost about 15 feet of sand to ist beach. Scores of ocean front decks suffered damage and destruction.

The by-pass highway in Kitty Hawk suffered minor flooding at the normal trouble spots; loose shingles could be seen everywhere and traffic lights failed to work.
The SOLO gas station at mile post 4 lost part of the roof protecting its fuel pumps. However, the stations employees had quickly collected the large metal roof panels that were blowing around before they could cause further damage.
By 2 pm Wednesday afternoon, electrical power was still out for thousands of Outer Banks residents with a promise from officials that it should be restored by early evening.
A coastal Flood Warning watch was cancelled for most of the northern Outer Banks due to the diminishing wind conditions.
In Cape Hatteras National Seashore, many of the park's beach boardwalks were heavily damaged or washed away. Park beaches suffered considerable beach erosion and storm debris remains scattered along beaches.
Several areas of NC Highway 12 on Hatteras Island were closed due to ocean over wash. Vehicles trying to to go south were turned back at the Oregon Inlet Bridge. Significant over wash was reported just north of Rodanthe.

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The worst damage reported from the Thanksgiving nor'easter seemed to be concentrated around Nags Head where 2 buildings were completely destroyed and another 55 were condemned as uninhabitable. Hatteras Island reported 11 heavilly damaged buildings and Southern Shores reported 1 building with heavy damage.

Cost to the Town of Kitty Hawk

The town of Kitty Hawk announced on December 15 in their town news letter that the Thanksgiving Nor’easter cost the Town treasury $24,606.79. The amount included the cost of providing additional emergency personnel and equipment from the Police and Fire Departments, as well equipment and personnel used in the Public Works Department and Planning and Inspections Department.

Sea Foam at Kitty Hawk Pier 4:30 pm, 11/21/06

TUESDAY 11/21/06

The Thanksgiving nor’easter tore into Kitty Hawk and the Outer Banks on Monday night with wind gusts up to 67 mph reported at Pea Island. The storm was expected to continue through the holiday. Forecasts at the time called for near hurricane force wind gusts to continue along the Outer Banks until the storm ground its way out of the area.
The US Coast Guard issued a heavy weather bill for the North Carolina coast from Surf City, N.C., to South Santee River, S.C. To minimize the risk of injury or accidents the Coast Guard asked boaters to adequately prepare themselves and their boats before taking to the waters. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration predicted seas between 10-14 feet with inland coastal seas generating 6-foot seas.

A record rainfall of 3.38 inches was set at Cape Hatteras on Tuesday November 21. That broke theprevious record of 2.17 inches set in 1980.

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Peak wind gusts as of
10 PM Tuesday, Nov.21
Cape Lookout.. ... 59 mph 242 PM
Manteo... ... ... ... 56 mph 640 PM
Pea Island..... ... ..67 mph 620 PM
Kill Devil Hills.....62 mph time unknown
Rodanthe... ... ... .61 mph time unknown
Duck... ... ... ... ..61 mph 344 PM
Alligator river... 60 mph 230 PM
Cape Lookout... ... 59 mph 242 PM
Cedar Island.... ... 52 mph 1150 am
Hatteras ASOS.... ..44 mph
New Bern ASOS... ..45 mph
Cherry Point... ..... 46 mph
New River... ... ... 46 mph 1249 PM
Risely pier................... ... .45 mph
Swan Quarter... ... 48 mph 120 PM
Stumpy Point... ... 49 mph 320 PM
Southern Shores... 46 mph
Ocracoke... ...... ... .55 mph

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21

Looking north toward Southern Shores Beach from
Kitty Hawk Pier on Tuesday, 4:30 pm, 11/21/06

Same location looking south toward Kitty Hawk 4:15 pm, 11/21/06

Kitty Hawk Beach about 4:15 PM 4:15 pm, 11/21/06

Sea foam covered Sand fence near Kitty Hawk Pier4 pm, 11/21/06

Sea Foam blowing across Highway 12. 4:15 pm, 11/21/06

Driving through salty sea foam on Virginia Dare Trail 11/21/06.

WEDNESDAY AM 11/22/06

After huddling in their wind shaking homes Tuesday night, Outer Banks residents awoke Wednesday morning, November 22 to power outages throughout the area. By 8 am, winds had subsided to less than 20 mph, revealing extensive flooding near the beach, downed power lines, and fears that the next several high tides combined with the high storm surge could bring even more damage to the beach front.

The strong low pressure that brought the nor'easter was still just off the North Carolina coast. The storm was expected to travel slowly north and northeast throughout Thanksgiving Day. Northeast winds were expected to continue in the 35 to 45 mph range throughout Wednesday morning. Gusts up to 65 mph were forecast to be possible along with will higher than normal astronomical tides left residents expecting significant flooding and beach erosion along the oceanfront.

Warnings were issued telling people to stay out of the water because of the danger of rip currents.

The Coastal Flood Warning remained in effect until 7 am EST Thursday. A radio broadcast announced that all electrical customers should have their power back on by 8 pm.

Peak wind gusts in area on
Wednesday November 22
Alligator river..80 mph 6-630 am
Manteo... ....... ... ..67 mph 6 am
Sladesville..... ... ... 77 mph 4 am
Duck... ... .... ... ... .60 mph 7 am
Ocracoke...... .90 mph 5-530 am
Hatteras Village..66 mph 525 am
Swan Quarter...66 mph 532 am
Stumpy Point.. ..72 mph 650 am
Pea Island... . .. .75 mph 623 am
Cedar Island.... ..69 mph 604 am
Surf City... .. ... ..46 mph 825 am
Winterville... .. ... 55 mph 438 am
Kill Devil Hills... .59 mph 646 am

WEDNESDAY 11/2206

Flooding on Virginia Dare Trail near
the Run Down Cafe 8 am. 11/22/06

Looking south on Lindberg near Byrd St. All
of these homes use septic systems. 11/22/06

Famous Kitty Hawk Winks Grocery
about 9 am Wednesday, 11/22/2006

Looking north along the Beach Road from the
balcony at Art's Place about 9am. 11/22/06

Cars manuevering through debris north along
Virginia Dare Trail near the Bonanza. 11/22/06

Looking south at flooding on Lindberg street
near mile post 4 about 9:30 am. 11/22/06

Two views of flooding. I am on Lindberg Avenue looking
toward the ocean just north of Bleriot St.11/22/2006

Downed electric line can be seen at the
corner of Bleriot and Lindberg. 11/22/06

Looking south on Virginia Dare Trail
from Art's Place 8:15 am.11/22/06

Looking north toward the new Hilton
Garden Hotel from the Winks Store 11/22/06

Looking west toward the mainland along the Wright Memorial Bridge about at 9 am. The sound water has been pushed westward. This could pose a threat of soundside flooding when it returns to the east shore.11/22/06

WEDNESDAY PM 11/22/06

Damage at the Dune Shopping Center,
mile post 4.5 in Kitty Hawk. 11/22/06

Winds took part of the SOLO Gas
Station roof at mile post 4. 11/22/06

Hilton Garden Hotel

FRIDAY 11/24/06

Looking south along Virginia Dare Trail 11/24/06

Looking north along Virginia Dare Trail
toward the Hilton Garden Hotel 11/24/06

Wrecked decks line Kitty Hawk ocean
front after Nor'easter ...... 11/24/06

Looking north toward Kitty Hawk
Pier. Friday, November 24, 02006.

Hilton Beach Front. Looks like about
15 more feet of beach has been lost.

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	Thanksgiving 2006 Nor'Easter
	The worst of the Thanksgiving nor’easter that struck Kitty Hawk and the Outer Banks Monday evening, moved out of the area around noon Wednesday. As the winds died down, clouds opened up to let the first sunshine seen in days peek through. When Kitty Hawk residents left their homes to survey the damage, they found flood waters and debris had closed the Beach Road as well as many streets between the highways. Power lines were dandling just about everywhere you looked. The damage was not contained to the beach area though. Erick Gardner, owner of the Southern Bean Coffee Shop at the Dunes Shopping Center, reported he was making coffee for his customers with a generator around 6:30 Wednesday morning when he felt the entire building shaking around him. Within a few moments he heard a crash and saw the sign in front of the center had blown away pulling its concrete base out of the ground with it. Along the ocean front the new Hilton Garden Hotel suffered damage to its vinyl siding and lost about 15 feet of sand to ist beach. Scores of ocean front decks suffered damage and destruction.
	The by-pass highway in Kitty Hawk suffered minor flooding at the normal trouble spots; loose shingles could be seen everywhere and traffic lights failed to work. The SOLO gas station at mile post 4 lost part of the roof protecting its fuel pumps. However, the stations employees had quickly collected the large metal roof panels that were blowing around before they could cause further damage. By 2 pm Wednesday afternoon, electrical power was still out for thousands of Outer Banks residents with a promise from officials that it should be restored by early evening. A coastal Flood Warning watch was cancelled for most of the northern Outer Banks due to the diminishing wind conditions. In Cape Hatteras National Seashore, many of the park's beach boardwalks were heavily damaged or washed away. Park beaches suffered considerable beach erosion and storm debris remains scattered along beaches. Several areas of NC Highway 12 on Hatteras Island were closed due to ocean over wash. Vehicles trying to to go south were turned back at the Oregon Inlet Bridge. Significant over wash was reported just north of Rodanthe.
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	The worst damage reported from the Thanksgiving nor'easter seemed to be concentrated around Nags Head where 2 buildings were completely destroyed and another 55 were condemned as uninhabitable. Hatteras Island reported 11 heavilly damaged buildings and Southern Shores reported 1 building with heavy damage.
	Cost to the Town of Kitty Hawk
	The town of Kitty Hawk announced on December 15 in their town news letter that the Thanksgiving Nor’easter cost the Town treasury $24,606.79. The amount included the cost of providing additional emergency personnel and equipment from the Police and Fire Departments, as well equipment and personnel used in the Public Works Department and Planning and Inspections Department.

Sea Foam at Kitty Hawk Pier 4:30 pm, 11/21/06
TUESDAY 11/21/06
The Thanksgiving nor’easter tore into Kitty Hawk and the Outer Banks on Monday night with wind gusts up to 67 mph reported at Pea Island. The storm was expected to continue through the holiday. Forecasts at the time called for near hurricane force wind gusts to continue along the Outer Banks until the storm ground its way out of the area. The US Coast Guard issued a heavy weather bill for the North Carolina coast from Surf City, N.C., to South Santee River, S.C. To minimize the risk of injury or accidents the Coast Guard asked boaters to adequately prepare themselves and their boats before taking to the waters. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration predicted seas between 10-14 feet with inland coastal seas generating 6-foot seas. A record rainfall of 3.38 inches was set at Cape Hatteras on Tuesday November 21. That broke theprevious record of 2.17 inches set in 1980.
Outer Banks, NC from Space - ©Spaceshots Buy this Art Print at AllPosters.com	Peak wind gusts as of 10 PM Tuesday, Nov.21 Cape Lookout.. ... 59 mph 242 PM Manteo... ... ... ... 56 mph 640 PM Pea Island..... ... ..67 mph 620 PM Kill Devil Hills.....62 mph time unknown Rodanthe... ... ... .61 mph time unknown Duck... ... ... ... ..61 mph 344 PM Alligator river... 60 mph 230 PM Cape Lookout... ... 59 mph 242 PM Cedar Island.... ... 52 mph 1150 am Hatteras ASOS.... ..44 mph New Bern ASOS... ..45 mph Cherry Point... ..... 46 mph New River... ... ... 46 mph 1249 PM Risely pier................... ... .45 mph Swan Quarter... ... 48 mph 120 PM Stumpy Point... ... 49 mph 320 PM Southern Shores... 46 mph Ocracoke... ...... ... .55 mph	*
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21

Looking north toward Southern Shores Beach from Kitty Hawk Pier on Tuesday, 4:30 pm, 11/21/06

Same location looking south toward Kitty Hawk 4:15 pm, 11/21/06

Kitty Hawk Beach about 4:15 PM 4:15 pm, 11/21/06

Sea foam covered Sand fence near Kitty Hawk Pier4 pm, 11/21/06

Sea Foam blowing across Highway 12. 4:15 pm, 11/21/06

Driving through salty sea foam on Virginia Dare Trail 11/21/06.

WEDNESDAY AM 11/22/06
After huddling in their wind shaking homes Tuesday night, Outer Banks residents awoke Wednesday morning, November 22 to power outages throughout the area. By 8 am, winds had subsided to less than 20 mph, revealing extensive flooding near the beach, downed power lines, and fears that the next several high tides combined with the high storm surge could bring even more damage to the beach front. The strong low pressure that brought the nor'easter was still just off the North Carolina coast. The storm was expected to travel slowly north and northeast throughout Thanksgiving Day. Northeast winds were expected to continue in the 35 to 45 mph range throughout Wednesday morning. Gusts up to 65 mph were forecast to be possible along with will higher than normal astronomical tides left residents expecting significant flooding and beach erosion along the oceanfront. Warnings were issued telling people to stay out of the water because of the danger of rip currents. The Coastal Flood Warning remained in effect until 7 am EST Thursday. A radio broadcast announced that all electrical customers should have their power back on by 8 pm.
*	Peak wind gusts in area on Wednesday November 22 Alligator river..80 mph 6-630 am Manteo... ....... ... ..67 mph 6 am Sladesville..... ... ... 77 mph 4 am Duck... ... .... ... ... .60 mph 7 am Ocracoke...... .90 mph 5-530 am Hatteras Village..66 mph 525 am Swan Quarter...66 mph 532 am Stumpy Point.. ..72 mph 650 am Pea Island... . .. .75 mph 623 am Cedar Island.... ..69 mph 604 am Surf City... .. ... ..46 mph 825 am Winterville... .. ... 55 mph 438 am Kill Devil Hills... .59 mph 646 am	*
	WEDNESDAY 11/2206

Flooding on Virginia Dare Trail near the Run Down Cafe 8 am. 11/22/06

Looking south on Lindberg near Byrd St. All of these homes use septic systems. 11/22/06

Famous Kitty Hawk Winks Grocery about 9 am Wednesday, 11/22/2006

Looking north along the Beach Road from the balcony at Art's Place about 9am. 11/22/06

Cars manuevering through debris north along Virginia Dare Trail near the Bonanza. 11/22/06

Looking south at flooding on Lindberg street near mile post 4 about 9:30 am. 11/22/06

Two views of flooding. I am on Lindberg Avenue looking toward the ocean just north of Bleriot St.11/22/2006


Downed electric line can be seen at the corner of Bleriot and Lindberg. 11/22/06

Looking south on Virginia Dare Trail from Art's Place 8:15 am.11/22/06

Looking north toward the new Hilton Garden Hotel from the Winks Store 11/22/06

Looking west toward the mainland along the Wright Memorial Bridge about at 9 am. The sound water has been pushed westward. This could pose a threat of soundside flooding when it returns to the east shore.11/22/06

WEDNESDAY PM 11/22/06

Damage at the Dune Shopping Center, mile post 4.5 in Kitty Hawk. 11/22/06

Winds took part of the SOLO Gas Station roof at mile post 4. 11/22/06

Hilton Garden Hotel

FRIDAY 11/24/06

Looking south along Virginia Dare Trail 11/24/06


Looking north along Virginia Dare Trail toward the Hilton Garden Hotel 11/24/06

Wrecked decks line Kitty Hawk ocean front after Nor'easter ...... 11/24/06

Looking north toward Kitty Hawk Pier. Friday, November 24, 02006.

	Hilton Beach Front. Looks like about 15 more feet of beach has been lost.


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