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: West Carteret

13. Coastal Flood Watch for: Eastern Currituck; Virginia Beach

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 Brunswick

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

26. Storm Surge Warning for: East Carteret

27. Storm Surge Warning for: Hatteras Island

28. Storm Surge Warning for: Northern Outer Banks

29. Storm Surge Warning for: Ocracoke 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

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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