Thunderstorm Wind — Halifax, North Carolina

2023-07-03 · near Hills Xrds, Halifax, North Carolina

Event narrative

Multiple trees were reported down along Mary Chapel Rd.

Wider weather episode

An advancing cold front along the Ohio and Tennessee valleys combined with a Piedmont trough over western North Carolina and a very moist atmosphere to produce widely isolated to scattered thunderstorms. A swath of severe thunderstorms developed over the northern Coastal Plain in Halifax County, producing damaging straight-line winds and downed trees.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1105914. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.