urs ing ▁homes . ▁One ▁million ▁gall ons ▁of ▁se w age ▁from ▁Elizabeth ▁City ▁flow ed ▁into ▁the ▁Pas quot ank ▁River ▁and ▁Charles ▁Creek . ▁The ▁C ash ie ▁River ▁in ▁W inds or , ▁North ▁Carolina , ▁reached ▁ ▁on ▁September   2 2 , ▁ ▁above ▁flo od ▁stage . ▁That ▁same ▁day , ▁Governor ▁Pat ▁McC r ory ▁declared ▁a ▁state ▁of ▁emer gency ▁in ▁ 1 1   count ies . ▁School s ▁were ▁closed ▁in ▁Bert ie , ▁Cur rit uck ▁and ▁H ert ford ▁count ies . ▁ ▁Trop ical ▁Storm ▁Karl ▁ ▁A ▁tropical ▁wave ▁emer ged ▁into ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁from ▁the ▁west ▁coast ▁of ▁Africa ▁on ▁September   1 2 . ▁The ▁wave ▁stead ily ▁organized ▁while ▁passing ▁through ▁the ▁Cab o ▁Ver de ▁Islands , ▁and ▁att ained ▁sufficient ▁organization ▁to ▁be ▁declared ▁a ▁tropical ▁de pression ▁by ▁ 0 6 : 0 0   UTC ▁on ▁September   1 4 . ▁Str ong ▁she ar ▁pl ag ued ▁the ▁cy clone , ▁with ▁its ▁low - level ▁circul ation ▁mis pla ced ▁from ▁the ▁con ve ction . ▁By ▁ 0 6 : 0 0   UTC ▁on ▁September   1 5 , ▁however , ▁a ▁significant ▁burst ▁of ▁deep ▁con ve ction ▁prompt ed ▁the ▁de pression ' s ▁upgrade ▁to ▁Trop ical ▁Storm ▁Karl . ▁The ▁cy clone ▁continued ▁west ▁for ▁several ▁days ▁across ▁the ▁unf avor able ▁central ▁Atlantic , ▁with ▁con ve ction ▁she ared ▁to ▁the