High Wind in Eastern Dare, North Carolina

High Wind January 4, 2018 · Eastern Dare, North Carolina

60 mph

Measured gust (52 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Weather flow sensor in Avon recorded a peak gust of 60 mph.

The wider storm

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 726234. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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