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Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Atlantic South

Marine Thunderstorm Wind April 5, 2026 · Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, Atlantic South

41 mph

Measured gust (36 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Wind gust measured on a personal weather station as thunderstorms moved through the area. Report came in via WeatherFlow.

The wider storm

A surface trough developed across the Coastal Plain during the afternoon hours of Sunday April fifth out ahead of an eastward moving cold front. An ongoing line of scattered showers and thunderstorms quickly tracked east from central North Carolina to the coast and strengthened as they interacted with the surface trough in the coastal plain with a few of these storms becoming strong in nature bringing strong and damaging winds to portions of the northern sounds and Pamlico river.

Began near Bath (35.4616, -76.8200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1330714. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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