Thunderstorm Wind — Catawba, North Carolina

2023-08-07 · near Brookford, Catawba, North Carolina

$200K

Property damage

70 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

NWS storm survey found a swath of intense straight line wind damage across central Catawba County, from Mountain View and Hickory to Conover and Newton. Large numbers of trees were snapped and/or uprooted with numerous large tree branches downed. Several power poles were snapped and a few structures were damaged, including a building at the Hickory American Legion Fairgrounds and a greenhouse that was destroyed.

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 1136761. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.