Weather Alerts for North Carolina

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1. Beach Hazards Statement for: Coastal Onslow

2. Beach Hazards Statement for: East Carteret

3. Beach Hazards Statement for: Eastern Currituck; Virginia Beach

4. Beach Hazards Statement for: Northern Outer Banks; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

5. Beach Hazards Statement for: West Carteret

6. Coastal Flood Advisory for: Coastal Brunswick

7. Coastal Flood Advisory for: Coastal Pender; Coastal New Hanover

8. Coastal Flood Advisory for: Inland New Hanover

9. Coastal Flood Advisory for: Pamlico; Southern Craven

10. Coastal Flood Warning for: Coastal Onslow

11. Coastal Flood Warning for: East Carteret

12. Coastal Flood Warning for: Eastern Currituck; Virginia Beach

13. Coastal Flood Warning for: West Carteret

14. Flood Advisory for: Pender, NC

15. Flood Warning for: Jones, NC; Lenoir, NC

16. Flood Warning for: Robeson, NC

17. High Surf Advisory for: Coastal Brunswick

18. High Surf Advisory for: Coastal Onslow

19. High Surf Advisory for: Coastal Pender; Coastal New Hanover

20. High Surf Advisory for: East Carteret

21. High Surf Advisory for: Eastern Currituck; Virginia Beach

22. High Surf Advisory for: Northern Outer Banks; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

23. High Surf Advisory for: West Carteret

24. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal Pender; Coastal New Hanover

25. Storm Surge Warning for: East Carteret

26. Storm Surge Warning for: Hatteras Island

27. Storm Surge Warning for: Northern Outer Banks

28. Storm Surge Warning for: Ocracoke Island

29. Tropical Cyclone Statement for: Mainland Dare; East Carteret; Northern Outer Banks; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

30. Tropical Cyclone Statement for: Mainland Dare; East Carteret; Northern Outer Banks; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

31. Tropical Storm Warning for: East Carteret

32. Tropical Storm Warning for: Eastern Currituck

33. Tropical Storm Warning for: Hatteras Island

34. Tropical Storm Warning for: Mainland Dare

35. Tropical Storm Warning for: Northern Outer Banks

36. Tropical Storm Warning for: Ocracoke Island

37. Tropical Storm Warning for: Western Currituck

38. Wind Advisory for: Pasquotank; Camden; Norfolk/Portsmouth; Chesapeake; Hampton/Poquoson

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation Next Topic: Rain

Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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