Thunderstorm Wind — Mitchell, North Carolina

2023-08-07 · near Bakersville, Mitchell, North Carolina

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1136754. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.