Hatteras U.S. Weather Bureau Station Weather Flag Raising Ceremony
Come join Outer Banks Forever, the National Park Service, the National Weather Service, the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, and members of the Hatteras Island community for a special weather flag raising ceremony on the newly installed coastal warning tower at the historic U.S. Weather Bureau Station on Hatteras Island!
Date: Monday, July 10
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Hatteras Weather Bureau Station: 57190 Kohler Rd, Hatteras, NC, 27943. Please note: Parking onsite is very limited. Parking will be available across NC 12 at the Hatteras United Methodist Church: 57665 North Carolina Hwy 12, Hatteras, NC, 27943.
Details: Speakers include:
-David Hallac, Superintendent, National Parks of Eastern North Carolina
-Danny Couch, Dare County Commissioner, Hatteras Island
-Jessica Barnes, Director, Outer Banks Forever
-Lee Nettles, Executive Director, Outer Banks Visitors Bureau
-Erik Heden, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather Service-Newport/Morehead City
-Bruce Balance, Hatteras Island Community Member
-Ernie Foster, Hatteras Island Community Member
-David Hallac, Superintendent, National Parks of Eastern North Carolina
-Danny Couch, Dare County Commissioner, Hatteras Island
-Jessica Barnes, Director, Outer Banks Forever
-Lee Nettles, Executive Director, Outer Banks Visitors Bureau
-Erik Heden, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather Service-Newport/Morehead City
-Bruce Balance, Hatteras Island Community Member
-Ernie Foster, Hatteras Island Community Member
-D.M. Gray will raise the weather flag. D.M. is the son of the last resident who was paid to raise the weather flags in the 1980s. He remembers raising the flag with his father.