Thunderstorm Wind — Gates, North Carolina

2022-05-04 · near Acorn Hill, Gates, North Carolina

Event narrative

Numerous trees uprooted along a 3 to 5 mile section of Highway 158 along the southern edge of the Dismal Swamp east of Sunbury.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure occluded over the Lower Great Lakes on May 4 with a trailing cold front slowly moving across central Virginia and North Carolina. Ahead of the cold front, an in-situ wedge was in place across central Virginia in the morning which began eroding during the afternoon. A surface low developed along the intersections between the fronts in the late afternoon and evening. Storms developed ahead of the cold front across central, eastern, and southern Virginia and northeast North Carolina during the afternoon and evening hours.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1032617. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.