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Thunderstorm Wind in Davie County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind August 14, 2023 · Davie County, North Carolina

46 mph

Estimated gust (40 kt)

$5K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

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

The wider storm

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.

Began near Sheffield (35.9700, -80.6800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Avery County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1136915. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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