Thunderstorm Wind — Granville, North Carolina

2022-03-07 · near Butner, Granville, North Carolina

Event narrative

A state official reported a tree down near Butner, NC.

Wider weather episode

A cold front tracked east-southeast from the Ohio Valley into the southeastern United States late in the evening on the 7th of March. Ahead of the front, weak instability was met by strong deep-layer shear for isolated to scattered showers and storms. A line of showers and storms tracked from the Northwest Piedmont in the early evening into the Northern Coastal Plain by late evening. Most of the storms were sub-severe, though a strong cell developed in the northern part of the line, producing some damaging wind reports in Granville and Franklin Counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1013186. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.