1985 – Gloria
Sept 16 – Oct 2
Max Wind Speed: 144 mph
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- Landfall: Hatteras – 9/26/85
- Category 2 at Landfall with a 6 – 8 ft Storm Surge and 104 mph winds
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1985 – Kate
Nov 15 – Nov 23
Max Wind Speed: 123 mph
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- Landfall in Florida
- Affected NC 11/22/85
- Tropical Storm when arrived in NC with 52 mph winds
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1991 – Bob
Aug 16 – Aug 29
Max Wind Speed: 115 mph
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- Never made landfall in NC Reached Category 3 off of NC Coast
- Hit North Carolina 8/19/91
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1993 – Emily
Aug 22 –Sept 6
Max Wind Speed: 115 mph
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- Never made landfall in NC
- Reached Category 3 off of coast
- Affected NC 8/31/93
- Evacuation – all of Dare County
- Estimated $12 million in damages
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1996 – Bertha
July 5 – July 17
Max Wind Speed: 115 mph
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- Landfall: Topsail Beach 7/13/96
- Category 2 at landfall with 104 mph winds and a 5 ft Storm surge
- Evacuation – all of Dare County
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1996 – Fran
Aug 23 – Sept 10
Max wind Speed: 121 mph
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- Landfall: Cape Fear
- Category 3 at landfall with 115 mph winds and an 8-12 ft storm surge
- No evacuations in Dare County
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1998 – Bonnie
Aug 19 – Aug 31
Max Wind Speed: 115 mph
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- Landfall: Cape Fear
- Category 3 at landfall 6-8 ft storm surge
- Evacuation – all of Dare County
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1998 – Earl
Aug 31 – Sept 8
Max Wind Speed: 98 mph
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- Tropical Storm when reached NC
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1999 – Dennis
Aug 24 – Sept 8
Max Wind Speed: 104 mph
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- Landfall: Dare County 9/14/99
- Tropical Storm at landfall 69 mph winds
- Evacuation – all of Dare County
- Estimated $10 million in damages
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1999 – Floyd
Sept 7 – Sept 19
Max Wind Speed: 155 mph
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- Landfall: Topsail Island 9/16/99
- Category 2 at landfall with 109 mph winds
- Evacuation – all of Dare County
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2003 – Isabel
Sept 7 – Sept 29
Max Wind Speed: 160 mph
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- Landfall: Drum Inlet 9/18/03
- Category 2 at landfall with 104 mph winds and 6 – 10 ft storm surge
- Created breech in island between Frisco and Hatteras Village
- Evacuation – all of Dare County
- Estimated $167 million in damages
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2004 – Alex
Aug 3
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- Category 2 at the time of landfall
- Caused sound side flooding
- Most damage in the form of flooding damage to cars and homes
- Estimated $2.4 million in damages
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2005 – Ophelia
Sept 13 – Sept 16
Max Wind Speed: 85 mph
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- Passed NC Coast as a Tropical Storm
- Evacuation – Hatteras Island only
- Estimated $19,500 in damages
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2010 – Earl
Aug 25- Sept 5
Max Wind Speed: 145 mph
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- Passed 100 miles off of the NC Coast
- Evacuation - all of Hatteras Island and Ocean front of all towns
- Estimated $500,000 in damages
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2011 – Irene
Aug 20 – Aug 28
Max Wind Speed: 120 mph
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- Landfall just south of the Outer Banks
- Evacuation all of Dare County
- Significant flooding
- Estimated Damages: $53,975,960
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2012 – Sandy
Oct 25 – Oct 31
Max Wind Speed: 70 mph
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- Significant road damage to NC 12 in Kitty Hawk and Rodanthe
- 7-8 inches of rainfall
- Emergency ferry activation due to NC 12 road damage
- Estimated Damages: $13+ million
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2014 – Arthur
July 3 – July 4
Max Wind Speed: 101 mph
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- Category 2 at landfall
- Earliest hurricane on record
- Landfall between Cape Lookout and Beaufort
- Mandatory evacuation issued for Hatteras Island
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2016 – Hermine
Aug 28 - Sept 3
Max Wind Speed: 73 mph |
- Category 1 with tropical sustained winds
- Extensive flooding in villages on Hatteras Island
- Storm surge of 4 feet about normal tide
- Estimated storm damages: $5.4 million
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2016 – Matthew
Oct 7 - Oct 9
Max Wind Speed: 94 mph |
- Category 1 with landfall in South Carolina
- Highest Dare County wind reported at 94 mph
- NWS reported rainfall 12+ inches in Kill Devil Hills
- Estimated statewide damages: $1.5 billion
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2017 – Maria
Sept 25 - Sept 27
Max Wind Speed: 75 mph |
- Category 1
- State of Emergency Declared
- Mandatory evacuation of visitors on Hatteras Island
- No estimate of damages available
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2018 – Florence
Sept 12 - Sept 15 |
- Category 1 at landfall near Wrightsville Beach
- Mandatory Evacuation all of Dare County
- Minimal impacts in Dare County
- Estimated statewide damages: $17+ billion
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2018 – Michael
Oct 11 - Oct 12 |
- Category 4 at landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida
- Michael weakened to Tropical Storm and moved across inland portions of North Carolina
- Wind gusts to 74 mph were observed in Kitty Hawk.
- $7 million in damage from 2 to 4 feet of above ground soundside flooding, biggest impacts in Manteo, Kitty Hawk, and Kill Devil Hills.
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2019 – Dorian
September 6 |
- Category 1 at landfall on Cape Hatteras
- 101 mph winds recorded at Cape Hatteras
- 4-7 feet of storm surge impacted Hatteras Island villages
- Over $14.8 million in damages across Dare County
- Mandatory Evacuation of Dare County (Hurricane Evacuation Zones A & B)
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2020 - Isaias August 3
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- Category 1 at landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, NC
- 72 mph winds recorded in Avon
- 1-3 feet of storm surge in isolated locations of Dare County
- Produced a lethal EF3 tornado in nearby Bertie County
- Mandatory Evacuation of Hatteras Island (Hurricane Evacuation Zone A)
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