The combination of Hurricane Matthew becoming extra-tropical well south of the area, combined with strong high pressure moving into the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes created strong winds across SE Virginia and NE North Carolina. There were widespread gusts of 30 to 40 mph, with gusts in the Tidewater and NE NC of 50 to 70 mph.
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Peak Wind Gusts for the past 48 hours (MPH)
Location Speed Time/Date Provider ...Maryland... ...Dorchester County... Cambridge 41 MPH 1000 AM 10/09 NOS-NWLON 3 WSW Bucktown 36 MPH 1026 AM 10/09 RAWS Cambridge-dorchester Airport 32 MPH 1026 AM 10/09 AWOS 1 N Wingate 29 MPH 0854 AM 10/09 CWOP Bucktown 27 MPH 0955 AM 10/09 AWS 3 E Cambridge 23 MPH 0913 AM 10/09 CWOP 1 NW Cambridge 23 MPH 1001 AM 10/09 CWOP 1 NW Cambridge 16 MPH 0933 AM 10/09 CWOP ...Wicomico County... Salisbury Wicomico Airport 37 MPH 1058 AM 10/09 ASOS 1 SSW Hebron 31 MPH 0929 AM 10/09 CWOP 2 NNE Salisbury 22 MPH 0924 AM 10/09 AWS 2 SSW Pittsville 16 MPH 0419 AM 10/09 RAWS ...Worcester County... 6 SE Public Landing 48 MPH 1140 PM 10/08 RAWS Ocean City Municipal Airport 44 MPH 1142 AM 10/09 ASOS 1 ENE Ocean Pines 38 MPH 0918 AM 10/09 CWOP 1 ESE West Ocean City 37 MPH 1135 PM 10/08 AWS ...North Carolina... ...Bertie County... 3 ENE Windsor 42 MPH 1017 PM 10/08 RAWS 1 NNE Lewiston Woodville 40 MPH 0800 PM 10/08 NC-ECONET ...Camden County... Pierceville 42 MPH 0127 AM 10/09 CWOP ...Chowan County... Edenton 48 MPH 0625 AM 10/09 AWOS ...Currituck County... Currituck 62 MPH 1149 PM 10/08 AWS Sligo 36 MPH 1157 PM 10/08 CWOP ...Gates County... Buckland 34 MPH 1100 PM 10/08 NC-ECONET Easons Crossroads 20 MPH 1146 PM 10/08 RAWS Corapeake 18 MPH 0117 AM 10/09 CWOP ...Hertford County... Ahoskie 40 MPH 0545 PM 10/08 AWOS ...Northampton County... Conway 32 MPH 0740 AM 10/09 CWOP ...Pasquotank County... Elizabeth City Cg Air Stn/rg 69 MPH 1158 PM 10/08 ASOS 3 SSW Burnt Mills 59 MPH 0313 AM 10/09 RAWS Elizabeth City 26 MPH 0150 AM 10/09 AWS ...Perquimans County... Hertford 41 MPH 0939 PM 10/08 CWOP 2 WNW Jacocks 36 MPH 0223 AM 10/09 CWOP ...Virginia... ...Accomack County... 2 W Harborton 61 MPH 0641 AM 10/09 WXFLOW Wallops Flight Facility Airp 47 MPH 0101 PM 10/09 ASOS Melfa 44 MPH 1215 PM 10/09 AWOS Wachapreague 44 MPH 0936 PM 10/08 NOS-NWLON Wachapreague 43 MPH 0104 AM 10/09 WXFLOW 3 ENE Accomac 36 MPH 1147 AM 10/09 CWOP Tasley 36 MPH 1147 AM 10/09 VADOT 1 NE Atlantic 35 MPH 1130 AM 10/09 CWOP New Church 19 MPH 1226 AM 10/09 VADOT ...Amelia County... Amelia Courthouse 16 MPH 1110 AM 10/09 AWS ...Caroline County... 2 S Port Royal 37 MPH 1232 PM 10/09 RAWS 1 SSW Fort A.p. Hill 31 MPH 1133 AM 10/09 RAWS 3 N Sparta 27 MPH 1233 PM 10/09 RAWS 2 N Rappahannock Academy 26 MPH 1026 AM 10/09 RAWS Ladysmith 17 MPH 1055 AM 10/09 AWS Bowling Green 12 MPH 1154 AM 10/09 AWS ...Chesterfield County... Chesterfield County Airport 33 MPH 1255 PM 10/09 AWOS 4 N Matoaca 30 MPH 1018 AM 10/09 CWOP 3 NNW Midlothian 23 MPH 1010 AM 10/09 CWOP 2 WSW Beach 17 MPH 1125 AM 10/09 CWOP 3 SSE Midlothian 16 MPH 0130 AM 10/09 CWOP 4 S Midlothian 16 MPH 0145 AM 10/09 AWS 4 WNW Beach 15 MPH 1217 PM 10/09 CWOP Bon Air 15 MPH 1029 AM 10/09 AWS 2 SSW Meadowville 13 MPH 0931 AM 10/09 CWOP 5 E Moseley 13 MPH 1214 PM 10/09 CWOP 3 SSE Midlothian 13 MPH 0138 AM 10/09 CWOP 2 WNW Beach 13 MPH 1251 AM 10/09 CWOP Bon Air 11 MPH 1154 AM 10/09 AWS 5 S Midlothian 10 MPH 1230 PM 10/09 CWOP 4 E Moseley 10 MPH 0214 AM 10/09 AWS ...City of Chesapeake County... 1 WSW Portlock 53 MPH 1130 PM 10/08 NOS-PORTS 1 NW Fentress 40 MPH 0540 AM 10/09 CWOP 1 SSE Deep Creek 35 MPH 1152 PM 10/08 CWOP 1 WSW Fentress 34 MPH 0922 PM 10/08 CWOP ...City of Colonial Heights County... Colonial Heights 32 MPH 0658 AM 10/09 CWOP ...City of Franklin County... 1 SE Franklin 12 MPH 0839 PM 10/08 AWS ...City of Hampton County... Langley Air Force Base 61 MPH 1234 AM 10/09 COOP 2 W Langley Afb 39 MPH 0932 AM 10/09 CWOP Buckroe Beach 32 MPH 0423 AM 10/09 CWOP Fox Hill 28 MPH 0132 AM 10/09 CWOP ...City of Hopewell County... 1 NE Hopewell 21 MPH 1020 AM 10/09 AWS ...City of Newport News County... Newport News/williamsburg In 52 MPH 0911 AM 10/09 ASOS 1 W Fort Eustis 41 MPH 0904 AM 10/09 AWOS ...City of Norfolk County... Norfolk Intl Ap 60 MPH 0738 PM 10/08 ASOS 2 NW Ghent 60 MPH 0739 PM 10/08 WXFLOW Norfolk 47 MPH 1115 PM 10/08 AWOS Downtown Norfolk 44 MPH 0801 PM 10/08 CWOP Norfolk International Arpt 42 MPH 0815 PM 10/08 CWOP ...City of Petersburg County... 1 E Ettrick 29 MPH 0900 AM 10/09 VADOT ...City of Poquoson County... 1 ESE Messick 67 MPH 1230 AM 10/09 WXFLOW 1 ESE Messick 61 MPH 1230 AM 10/09 WXFLOW 1 SSW Poquoson 39 MPH 0805 PM 10/08 WXFLOW ...City of Portsmouth County... Norfolk Nas 72 MPH 1259 AM 10/09 ASOS South Norfolk 68 MPH 1202 AM 10/09 WXFLOW Cradock 44 MPH 0834 PM 10/08 CWOP ...City of Suffolk County... Downtown Suffolk 65 MPH 1156 PM 10/08 CWOP Suffolk 41 MPH 0955 PM 10/08 AWOS 2 SE Saunders 38 MPH 0826 PM 10/08 RAWS ...City of Virginia Beach County... 3 SSE Sandbridge Beach 78 MPH 0327 AM 10/09 RAWS Oceana Nas 75 MPH 0156 AM 10/09 ASOS Munden 64 MPH 0436 AM 10/09 WXFLOW Lynnhaven 41 MPH 0914 PM 10/08 CWOP 1 SSW Back Bay 38 MPH 0216 AM 10/09 CWOP ...Cumberland County... Farmville 30 MPH 0155 AM 10/09 AWOS ...Dinwiddie County... Dinwiddie County Aprt 36 MPH 0655 AM 10/09 AWOS ...Fluvanna County... Carysbrook 17 MPH 1140 AM 10/09 AWS ...Gloucester County... Gloucester Courthouse 40 MPH 0903 AM 10/09 CWOP ...Greensville County... Emporia 39 MPH 0715 AM 10/09 AWOS 1 N Cowie Corner 16 MPH 0123 PM 10/09 CWOP ...Hanover County... Hanover County Municipal 35 MPH 1045 AM 10/09 ASOS ...Henrico County... 1 WNW Meadowville 48 MPH 1100 AM 10/09 VADOT Richmond Intl Airport 45 MPH 1021 AM 10/09 ASOS 2 E Short Pump 38 MPH 1015 AM 10/09 CWOP ...Isle of Wight County... 2 ESE Carrollton 36 MPH 0704 PM 10/08 CWOP ...James City County... 1 WNW Lightfoot 37 MPH 0139 AM 10/09 CWOP ...King and Queen County... West Point 31 MPH 0835 AM 10/09 AWOS 1 SE Little Plymouth 20 MPH 0120 PM 10/09 AWS ...Lunenburg County... 2 WSW Kenbridge 50 MPH 0850 PM 10/08 CWOP ...Mathews County... Bavon 59 MPH 0230 AM 10/09 WXFLOW 1 S Fort Nonsense 39 MPH 0233 AM 10/09 CWOP 1 W Moon 22 MPH 1150 AM 10/09 AWS ...Mecklenburg County... South Hill 39 MPH 1056 PM 10/08 AWOS 3 E Rogers Corner 27 MPH 1146 PM 10/08 CWOP 1 E Clarksville 27 MPH 1200 PM 10/09 VADOT 4 E Baskerville 12 MPH 0249 AM 10/09 AWS ...Northampton County... Kiptopeke State Park 57 MPH 1130 AM 10/09 NOS-NWLON ...Northumberland County... Lewisetta 45 MPH 0900 AM 10/09 NOS-NWLON ...Nottoway County... Crewe 26 MPH 0202 AM 10/09 CWOP ...Southampton County... Franklin 41 MPH 0835 AM 10/09 AWOS 2 WSW Courtland 24 MPH 0755 AM 10/09 AWS ...Surry County... 1 NW Scotland 43 MPH 1130 AM 10/09 MARITIME ...Sussex County... Wakefield, Va 38 MPH 0802 AM 10/09 ASOS ...York County... Seaford 37 MPH 0930 PM 10/08 CWOP 1 NW York Terrace 28 MPH 0230 AM 10/09 CWOP ...Maryland... ...Maritime Stations... 1 SE West Ocean City 49 MPH 0127 AM 10/09 WXFLOW 1 SE West Ocean City 47 MPH 0100 PM 10/09 NOS-NWLON 5 SSE Ironshire 33 MPH 1205 PM 10/09 WXFLOW ...Virginia... 15 ENE Virginia Beach 87 MPH 0129 AM 10/09 WXFLOW Cape Henry 78 MPH 1230 AM 10/09 NOS-PORTS Rudee Heights 74 MPH 0221 AM 10/09 WXFLOW 7 WSW Fishermans Island 73 MPH 1035 AM 10/09 WXFLOW 4 SSW Raleigh Terrace 72 MPH 0736 PM 10/08 WXFLOW 4 NW Silver Beach 67 MPH 1106 AM 10/09 NOS-PORTS 4 ESE Maryus 64 MPH 0206 AM 10/09 NOS-PORTS 1 SSW Fort Monroe 62 MPH 0124 AM 10/09 NOS-PORTS 1 S Sandbridge Beach 62 MPH 0205 AM 10/09 WXFLOW Silver Beach 62 MPH 1118 AM 10/09 WXFLOW 1 E Hampton 62 MPH 0125 AM 10/09 WXFLOW 1 WSW Cape Charles 61 MPH 1037 AM 10/09 WXFLOW 3 ENE Bayside 60 MPH 1115 PM 10/08 WXFLOW 2 N Poquoson 57 MPH 0714 PM 10/08 WXFLOW 4 NNE Plum Tree Island Refug 56 MPH 0310 PM 10/08 MARITIME 1 SW Windmill Point 54 MPH 0500 AM 10/09 MARITIME 4 SW Raleigh Terrace 52 MPH 0124 AM 10/09 NOS-PORTS 1 ESE Yorktown 51 MPH 0124 AM 10/09 NOS-NWLON Stingray Point 48 MPH 0105 AM 10/09 WXFLOW
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