Hail — Yadkin, North Carolina

2023-04-28 · near Boonville, Yadkin, North Carolina

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1087905. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.