Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Croatan and Roanoke Sounds, Atlantic South

2025-07-02 · near Hatteras, Croatan and Roanoke Sounds, Atlantic South

Event narrative

Wind gust came in via the Colington Island private weather station on the sound side of the Outer Banks as thunderstorms moved through the area. Report came in via WeatherFlow.

Wider weather episode

A stalling cold front across central North Carolina and a prefrontal trough that developed across the Coastal Plain and tracked east towards the coast brought widespread shower and thunderstorm activity to much of Eastern North Carolina through the afternoon and evening on July second. Showers and thunderstorms developed across the Coastal Plain during the late morning hours, with this activity pushing east and merging into a large linear segment. A few storms became strong to severe within this line bringing strong wind gusts to the Roanoke, Croatan, and Pamlico Sounds as well as the waters around the Core Banks during the afternoon and evening hours.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1262394. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.