Thunderstorm Wind in Polk County, North Carolina

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

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

County comms reported power lines blown down on Judge Rd at Warrior Dr. Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines on Thermal View Dr.

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 Valhalla (35.2380, -82.2550).

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 1136916. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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