A powerful new coastal storm is taking shape off the Carolinas — and it’s bringing major flooding risks, pounding surf, and strong winds to the coast just days after king tides and ongoing erosion. 🌊

In this episode of the Carolina Weather Group, meteorologist Frank Strait breaks down the timeline for this developing nor’easter, expected to lash Charleston, Buxton, and the Outer Banks with high water and beach erosion. Reporter Sam Walker joins live from the coast to share the latest on conditions in Buxton, Rodanthe, and Ocracoke, where recent storms have already claimed multiple homes.

Then — go inside NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) in Asheville, North Carolina, where the nation’s official climate archives preserve weather records dating back to the 1700s. See rare artifacts and historic weather logs — from the first weather record at the South Pole, to Hurricane Helene, Mount St. Helens, and Ben Franklin’s handwritten observations.

Archivist Jason Cooper takes the Carolina Weather Group deep inside a vault holding more than 36,000 boxes and 120,000 microfilm reels of environmental data — everything from 19th-century weather logs and Civil War–era records to Ben Franklin’s weather notes and the first South Pole weather observation ever recorded.

See how NOAA preserves, digitizes, and protects these fragile documents from loss, and hear the incredible stories hidden within them — from the Iwo Jima weather records of World War II to the Mount St. Helens ash observations that changed forecasting forever.

📍 Filmed inside NOAA’s NCEI Archives in Asheville, North Carolina

🎙️ Featuring: Jason Cooper, NOAA Archivist

00:00:00 – Carolina Weather Group: Coastal Flood Impacts & NOAA Archive

00:00:14 – Opening and introductions from Charlotte & the Outer Banks

00:00:42 – Overview: Nor’easter forming off the Carolina coast

00:01:05 – Frank Strait: Storm setup and early model guidance

00:02:18 – Friday forecast: Winds, rain, and coastal impacts for SC

00:03:31 – Charleston king tides and potential major flooding

00:05:03 – Beach erosion and weekend improvements for South Carolina

00:06:41 – Sam Walker: Outer Banks erosion and home collapses

00:08:09 – Dare County emergency management urges early departures

00:09:46 – Third coastal storm since August; ongoing beach recovery

00:10:23 – Tropical Storm Jerry update and potential offshore effects

00:12:06 – Explaining “nor’easter” and why this storm is unnamed

00:14:24 – Flashback: Hurricane Matthew anniversary (2016)

00:15:21 – Transition: Inside NOAA’s National Weather Archive in Asheville

00:17:09 – Jason Cooper: Tour of NOAA’s 36,000-box climate archive

00:18:47 – How weather records are created, preserved, and digitized

00:20:17 – Historic records from Charleston (1830s) to Ben Franklin

00:22:31 – Iwo Jima, Ohio floods, and early Dakota Territory weather logs

00:24:17 – First South Pole weather record (1957) and its challenges

00:25:24 – Unique events in the archive: Hindenburg, Mt. St. Helens, Woodstock

00:27:54 – Personal reflections on Hurricane Helene and Asheville flooding

00:31:54 – Jared Rennie: Analyzing Helene’s one-in-1000-year rainfall

00:34:46 – Emotional and scientific look at the Helene disaster

00:38:00 – Evacuation, recovery, and NOAA’s storm data verification

00:52:40 – Closing thoughts: Data, resilience, and the Carolina spirit

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