High Wind in Hatteras Island, North Carolina

High Wind March 12, 2022 · Hatteras Island, North Carolina

58 mph

Measured gust (50 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Frisco ASOS measured the high wind gust.

The wider storm

A strong cold front moved through Eastern NC during the day. Ahead of this front, a powerful line of severe thunderstorms produced widespread strong damaging wind gusts, ranging from 60 to 70 mph, both just ahead of, and along, this line of showers and storms. Some localized gusts to at or above 80 mph were recorded on the Outer Banks.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1010775. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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