Thunderstorm Wind in Richmond County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind June 8, 2022 · Richmond County, North Carolina

59 mph

Measured gust (51 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 51 knot gust was measured at Mackall Army Air Field.

The wider storm

Deep moist advection combined with a pre-frontal trough and mid-level shortwave to result in scattered showers and thunderstorms across central North Carolina in the afternoon and evening. The most intense storms with damaging winds were over portions of the northern Piedmont and Sandhills.

Began near (hff)mackell Aaf Hof (35.0327, -79.4890).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1042676. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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