Thunderstorm Wind — Union, North Carolina

2023-08-07 · near Waxhaw, Union, North Carolina

Event narrative

County comms reported numerous trees blown down across the county, with two trees down on houses in Monroe, one on a vehicle in Marshville, and others down on power lines.

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 1136768. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.