Thunderstorm Wind in Yadkin County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind April 28, 2023 · Yadkin County, North Carolina

63 mph

Estimated gust (55 kt)

$8K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Thunderstorm winds blew multiple trees down. Damage values are estimated.

The wider storm

A retreating area of high pressure over Virginia, and a northward advancing warm front moving into Virginia, set the stage for an unstable atmosphere prone for rotation over the Piedmont and Foothill region of North Carolina. By the afternoon hours, showers and storms starting forming, with a couple of these storms reached severe levels with hail and damaging winds. A shortly lived EF0 tornado occurred near Elkin in Surry County.

Began near Boonville (36.2300, -80.7100).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Surry County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1087904. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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