North Carolina, 2026

Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 12, 2026

June 12, 2026 · NWS MHX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A few thunderstorms during the late evening hours into early morning across northern section of Eastern NC. A couple storms became severe and produced damaging wind gusts.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS MHX wrote it up.

A few thunderstorms during the late evening hours into early morning across northern section of Eastern NC. A couple storms became severe and produced damaging wind gusts.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 12, 7:27 PM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 7:27 PM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:46 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When
June 12, 10:48 PM EST
Where
Washington County, 1.82 mi ESE of Plymouth Muni Arpt
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
911 Call Center
Coordinates
35.790, -76.720

Washington County 911 reported a tree down near the intersection of HWY 32 and HWY 99.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dare

When
June 12, 11:27 PM EST
Where
Dare County, 4.64 mi NE of Wanchese
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
35.885, -75.583

The wind gust was measured at the Outer Banks Fishing Pier.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1330779, 1330780.