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High Wind in Northern Outer Banks, North Carolina
High Wind January 3, 2022 · Northern Outer Banks, North Carolina
What the National Weather Service wrote
The wind gust occurred at the Oregon Inlet Weatherflow site. Strong non thunderstorm wind gusts were observed on the Outer Banks behind a rapidly strengthening low pressure system that moved across the area.
The wider storm
Thunderstorms developed and moved through Eastern NC during the morning hours. A few storms became severe and produced damaging wind gusts across the region. Strong non-thunderstorm wind gusts developed in the afternoon behind a rapidly strengthening low pressure system that moved across the Outer Banks.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1006527. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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