Tropical Storm Ophelia
Sep 21, 2023 to Sep 24, 2023Peak 69 mph981 mb
Tropical Storm Ophelia passed within 50 miles of 34 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Carteret County, NC, as a tropical storm on September 23, 2023.
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Tropical Storm Ophelia · 2023
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Tropical Storm Ophelia on September 22, 2023, about 16 hours before landfall in Carteret County, NC.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 69 mph, 60 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 981 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 34
- NC, VA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 51
- NC, SC, VA
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Northampton County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greensville County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 0.1 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 0.6 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 1.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 2.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 7.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 13.1 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 14.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 15.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 16.1 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 19.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 20.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 25.6 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | NC | 29.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 30.4 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 31.7 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 32.1 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk city | VA | 34.3 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 35.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 35.4 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 39.4 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 46.7 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 47.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 48.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 49.6 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 55.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 56.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 57.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 58.1 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 60.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 61.4 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 67.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 69.6 | Tropical storm |
| Durham County | NC | 69.8 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 73.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 79.1 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NC | 80.4 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 83.2 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | NC | 83.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | NC | 93.7 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 97.0 | Tropical storm |
| Alamance County | NC | 97.2 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.