Thunderstorm Wind — Davie, North Carolina

2023-08-14 · near Sheffield, Davie, North Carolina

Event narrative

Spotter reported a tree blown down on a vehicle near Sheffield.

Wider weather episode

Isolated thunderstorms developed over western North Carolina during the afternoon. A couple of the storms produced brief strong-to-damaging wind gusts. Additional thunderstorms, along with a few storm clusters then moved into the mountains from east Tennessee during the late evening and overnight, resulting in a rare tornado, along with additional brief damaging wind gusts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1136915. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.