Thunderstorm Wind — Currituck, North Carolina

2022-06-13 · near Knotts Is, Currituck, North Carolina

Event narrative

A wind gust between 50 to 60 mph was estimated by a storm chaser in Currituck County.

Wider weather episode

An overlap of high instability and a seasonally strong belt of mid-level northwesterly flow resulted in isolated storms, including a supercell, forming in extreme southeast Virginia and tracking into northeast North Carolina on June 13.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1042747. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.