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Marine Thunderstorm Wind July 15, 2024 · Croatan and Roanoke Sounds, Atlantic South

44 mph

Measured gust (38 kt)

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Roanoke Sound Channel L36 XRNK buoy measured a wind gust of 38 knots as a thunderstorm was moving through. Report was relayed through WeatherFlow.

The wider storm

Scattered shower and thunderstorm activity developed out ahead of a surface trough located along the Coastal Plain during the afternoon of July 15th. This activity tracked northeastwards across the Neuse River and into the Croatan and Roanoke Sounds with a few of these storms becoming strong in nature producing damaging wind gusts.

Began near Hatteras (35.9392, -75.6459).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1188748. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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