Thunderstorm Wind — Stanly, North Carolina

2022-05-27 · near Cottonville, Stanly, North Carolina

Event narrative

Many trees were reported down around the intersection of Rocky River Springs Rd and Southern Rd in Norwood.

Wider weather episode

Two rounds of severe weather moved through central NC on the 27th of May tied to a deep upper-level low pressure system over the Mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys and an approaching cold front from the Tennessee Valley. The first round of storms was focused along a low-level moisture transport axis in the morning, producing strong straight line winds across the northern half of central North Carolina, along with flash flooding concerns over the western Piedmont and urban areas in the northeast Piedmont. The second round of storms formed along a pre-frontal convergence axis in the afternoon and early evening, stretching from Granville to Scotland County. A cluster of storms organized into a storm complex, which produced local flooding over the Sandhills into southern Wake County and a strong mesocyclone over the Raleigh metro area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1029195. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.