The heaviest impacts from Tropical Storm Arthur hit North Carolina’s coast Monday morning.
Carolina Beach, N. C. — The heaviest impacts from Tropical Storm Arthur were hitting North Carolina’s coast Monday morning.
Wilmington and Carolina Beach began seeing heavy rain and crashing waves in the overnight hours as Arthur moved northeast. By 7 or 8 a.m., Emerald Isle and the Outer Banks were feeling the effects of the storm.
At 8:45 a.m., Arthur was 50 miles south of Cape Hatteras. The latest track from the National Hurricane Center shows the storm is heading northeast toward the Outer Banks at 14 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds at 45 mph and gusts of 60 mph.
WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said much of the rain from the storm has already passed Wilmington, and the Outer Banks will see the worst of Arthur Monday morning when the storm makes its closest pass to the coast.
