Dare County Emergency Management Director Drew Pearson writes in an email that the tropical depression resulted in “no impacts” on areas such as Cape Hatteras.
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Byron Miller, manager of The Ocracoke Harbor Inn, said one person canceled because of the forecast, and business is a little slower than usual.
North Carolina’s Outer Banks apparently will be spared from a tropical system that has been moving toward the state for days.
Another unnamed tropical depression was turning out to sea on Wednesday after threatening the North Carolina coast, according to the hurricane center. During that time, very heavy rain, strong and even severe thunderstorms with isolated tornadoes, storm surge of 1-2 feet, and 40-50 miles per hour wind with gusts to 60 miles per hour will be possible.
Tropical Depression Nine is the storm that has the attention of Florida and those in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. As of the morning, however, it was still only packing maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour. Forecasters estimate the system could bring 3 to 5 inches of rain to the Treasure Coast through Friday.
Two storms are spinning off the Carolinas and in the Gulf of Mexico, now designated Tropical Depression Eight and Nine, respectively.
Heavy rain caused some local street flooding in South Florida on Tuesday, and more is forecast for Wednesday.
National Hurricane forecasters aren’t taking chances with the meandering tropical depression nine, saying this morning the system could become a weak hurricane before landfall.
Eric Blake of the National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm will likely dump around 5 inches of rain on areas of central and north Florida as it approaches the state Thursday. Storm total rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches are possible over portions of central and northern Florida through Friday, with isolated maximum amounts of 15 inches possible.
A tropical storm warning has been issued Wednesday morning for a section of Florida’s Gulf coast as a tropical depression approaches. A tropical storm warning is in effect for Anclote River to the county line between Walton and Bay counties.
The County of Hawaii sent residents an alert about the hurricane’s dangers, including heavy rains that could lead to mudslides, as well as possibly damaging ocean swells.
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As of 5 a.m. ET, Tropical Depression No. 9 remains a depression, however it is looking much better organized and is still expected to become a tropical storm today. It has now made the expected turn north, but moving slowly at 2 miles per hour. It’s expected to later curve northeastward.
