Thunderstorm Wind — Stanly, North Carolina

2022-07-20 · near Oakboro, Stanly, North Carolina

Event narrative

Multiple trees were reported down near the intersection of South Main St and Aquadale Rd in Oakboro.

Wider weather episode

A pre-frontal trough was present across western North Carolina amid a warm and moist airmass. A cold front moved southeast into the northern Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley, and the mid-south toward the morning of the 21st. Ahead of these surface boundaries, scattered showers and storms developed over southern North Carolina in the evening, from the southern Piedmont, eastward across the Sandhills and southern Coastal Plain. Some of the storms over Stanly and Moore Counties produced tree and power line damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1046662. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.