Thunderstorm Wind in Montgomery County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind April 26, 2022 · Montgomery County, North Carolina

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$10K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Multiple trees were reported down in Star, North Carolina.

The wider storm

A cold front crossed the mountains during the late morning then moved into the Foothills by around noon. A line of showers and thunderstorms developed along an outflow out ahead of the front in a moist and unstable airmass over the southwest Piedmont of central North Carolina and spread quickly east across the area during the afternoon into the early evening. Numerous trees were downed by wind gusts in the stronger storms.

Began near Star (35.4000, -79.7800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1025361. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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