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Thunderstorm Wind in Granville County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind July 21, 2022 · Granville County, North Carolina

58 mph
Estimated gust (50 kt)

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What the National Weather Service wrote

One tree was reported down near the intersection of North Carolina Highway 96 and Old Franklinton Rd near Wilton.

The wider storm

A line of thunderstorms moved eastward through central North Carolina during the early afternoon hours, within an increasingly warm, moist environment ahead of a surface trough and southward moving cold front. Several of the storms produced damaging wind gusts as they moved through the Triad toward the Triangle of central North Carolina in the evening hours.

Began near Wilton (36.1358, -78.5730).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1046643. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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