Thunderstorm Wind in Currituck County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind May 4, 2022 · Currituck County, North Carolina

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$1K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Numerous power outages caused by a storm near Powells Point.

The wider storm

Low pressure occluded over the Lower Great Lakes on May 4 with a trailing cold front slowly moving across central Virginia and North Carolina. Ahead of the cold front, an in-situ wedge was in place across central Virginia in the morning which began eroding during the afternoon. A surface low developed along the intersections between the fronts in the late afternoon and evening. Storms developed ahead of the cold front across central, eastern, and southern Virginia and northeast North Carolina during the afternoon and evening hours.

Began near Mamie (36.1500, -75.8400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1032610. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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