Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Neuse and Bay Rivers, Atlantic South

2025-05-31 · near Oriental, Neuse and Bay Rivers, Atlantic South

Event narrative

Wind gust occurred as thunderstorms moved through the waters near the mouth of the Neuse River. Report came from the Oriental L7 XOTL WeatherFlow station.

Wider weather episode

A cold front tracked across Eastern North Carolina on the evening of the thirty-first. Out ahead of this front, scattered showers and thunderstorms developed and tracked south-eastwards, mainly impacting the waters south of Oregon Inlet. A few of these thunderstorms became strong to severe in nature bringing a strong and damaging wind threat within the strongest storms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1252229. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.