Welcome to NCstormsurge.com! This site is meant to provide the public with comprehensive storm surge information in the form of maps, graphics, pictures and text explanations. This is the main menu page where you can select from a variety of topics to begin exploring the most devastating effects from a hurricane- storm surge.

This site will undergo several updates and revisions as new data and high-resolution graphics become available in the years to come. Feel free to drop us an email and share your thoughts and opinions about this site. Thanks for visiting and we hope that you learn something while exploring NCstormsurge.com!


MAIN MENU

• Storm Surge Basics- starting at the beginnings of what hurricanes are and how their deadly storm surges are formed.
  
  
• What is the SLOSH Model that is used to produce storm surge inundation maps?
  
  
• Intro to The Hurricane Evacuation Study
  
  
• North Carolina Storm Surge Inundation Maps -a listing of the coastal counties that have the new storm surge inundation maps available. These are zoomable, printable maps that depict the areas prone to storm surge flooding in all 5 categories of hurricanes. These maps cover fast moving hurricanes (15.1 mph to 35 mph) and slow moving hurricanes (0 mph to 15 mph).
  
  
• NEW!!!Tutorial on how to use the Acrobat Reader to view the PDF formatted storm surge maps.
  
  
• Preparation and Mitigation for Hurricane Storm Surge- explores what to do to prepare yourself and your property for a hurricane and its storm surge. This section also goes into mitigation measures that can reduce the damage to property and looks at FEMA's Project Impact program to build disaster resistant communities.
  
  
• Evacuation- outlines North Carolina's overall evacuation procedures and goes into ways to make a hurricane evacuation less traumatic for all involved.
  
  
• Storm Surge video clips of Hurricanes Dennis & Floyd- demonstrates sound-side storm surge as well as ocean-front storm surge.
  
  
• Links and Misc. Info- this section contains links to other sources of hurricane and severe weather information as well as contact information for the administrator of this Site.