High Wind — Eastern Dare, North Carolina

2018-01-04 · Eastern Dare, North Carolina

Event narrative

Weather flow sensor at Oregon Inlet recorded a peak gust of 76 mph.

Wider weather episode

Rapidly deepening low pressure passing offshore of the coast produced widespread hazardous winter weather across eastern North Carolina from the evening of January 3rd through the morning of January 4th. In addition to the winter weather very strong winds occurred along the coast with minor coastal flooding along the Outer Banks. There were two weather related traffic fatalities reported, one in Onslow County and another in Beaufort County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 726233. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.