Winter Storm - January 9, 2024
A significant winter storm is anticipated to impact Eastern North Carolina on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 beginning in the afternoon hours and lasting into the early morning hours of Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024.
Please use extreme caution as this storm moves through our area. Strong Extreme winds (70-80 mph) are forecast to begin impacting our area this afternoon around 2 p.m.
Tornadic activity is possible along with coastal flooding.
National Weather Service Briefing: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 9 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR01yvr3eB0gSpuCd-MNJF4xKhFtSzEvHnH1x24fjcSlCNfvf6q-TTZQ15o&v=MuX8X9AboKs&feature=youtu.be
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Town of Beaufort Historic Preservation meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 has been canceled.
Carteret County Schools Announce 2-hour Delay for Wednesday, January 10, 2024
After working with Carteret County Emergency Services and the National Weather Service, we understand that severe weather is predicted to continue into the late evening hours today, Tuesday, January 9, 2024, and in the early morning hours on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. As a result, CCPS will operate on a two-hour delay on Wednesday in order to give maximum daylight and safety for buses traveling in the early morning hours. We look forward to safely welcoming our students back to school tomorrow.
A Message from Duke Energy
As a powerful storm system moves into our state this morning, Duke Energy is preparing for anticipated power outages across the Carolinas.
Widespread heavy rainfall and very powerful wind gusts are predicted. If outages occur, our crews will work as safely and quickly as possible to restore power to those impacted by the storm.
For our linemen, we monitor their work conditions – particularly wind speed. We don’t want them up in a bucket truck when the winds are over 30 mph. We also stop traveling in all vehicles when winds reach 39 miles per hour.
Power Restoration
Duke Energy focuses on restoring power in a sequence that enables power restoration to public health and safety facilities and to the greatest number of customers as safely and quickly as possible.
It is important that all customers report outages in one of the following ways:
- Using the Duke Energy mobile app
- Visiting http://duke-energy.com
- Texting OUT to 57801
- Calling the automated outage-reporting system at 1-800-POWERON (1-800-769-3766)
State of Emergency - NC
Governor Roy Cooper Declared a State of Emergency for North Carolina in advance of the approaching storm on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Executive Order #300