Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Pamlico Sound, Atlantic South

2025-03-17 · near Ocracoke Ferry Terminal, Pamlico Sound, Atlantic South

Event narrative

The wind gust was measured at the Ocracoke -XOCR WeatherFlow Station in the Pamlico Sound.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving cold front that had crossed across Eastern North Carolina in the morning hours of March seventeenth stalled briefly offshore during the afternoon and evening hours on the same day. As this occurred a surface low developed along the front and then pushed north and eastward overnight on the seventeenth. As this low pulled away, multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms developed across the Pamlico Sound and near the coastal waters between Ocracoke and Oregon Inlet. Showers and thunderstorms quickly pulled away from Eastern North Carolina coastal waters during the overnight hours of March seventeenth. Within the strongest storms, strong wind gusts, frequent lightning, and locally enhanced seas developed.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1236155. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.