Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Neuse and Bay Rivers, Atlantic South

2025-03-17 · near Oriental, Neuse and Bay Rivers, Atlantic South

Event narrative

The wind gust was recorded at the Oriental L7 - XOTL WeatherFlow station which was located in the center of the mouth of the Neuse River.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving cold front began approaching the coast of North Carolina during the overnight hours of March sixteenth into the morning of March seventeenth. Along and out ahead of this front, multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms developed to the west across the Coastal Plain and then tracked east into the offshore waters of North Carolina. Some of these storms became strong in nature bringing strong wind gusts, frequent lightning, and locally enhanced seas to portions of the Eastern North Carolinas coastal and inland waters mainly south of Oregon Inlet.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1236149. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.