High Wind in Hatteras Island, North Carolina

High Wind January 3, 2022 · Hatteras Island, North Carolina

86 mph

Measured gust (75 kt)

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. Other wind gusts ranged from 60 to 65 mph across Hatteras Island.

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 1006528. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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