Thunderstorm Wind in Mitchell County, North Carolina

County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down from the Bakersville area, across the Ledger community, to the southern end of the county. Some trees fell across power lines and others blocked roads. A tree fell on and caused significant damage to a business on S Mitchell Ave in Bakersville. Another tree fell on and damaged a home on Cascading Creek Xing.

Numerous thunderstorms and storm clusters moved across western North Carolina throughout the afternoon. Many of these storms produced severe weather, mainly in the form of damaging wind gusts, some of which were fairly long-lived. A couple of weak tornadoes also developed in the Piedmont, including a long-track EF1.