Thunderstorm Wind in Person County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind September 8, 2023 · Person County, North Carolina

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 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

Power outages were reported due to fallen trees damaging power equipment near the intersection of Allensville Road and Old Allensville Road.

The wider storm

An upper-level trough over the southern Appalachians combined with a surface trough over the eastern Piedmont and an inland penetrating sea breeze to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms over the eastern Sandhills, Coastal Plain, and eastern Piedmont. Several of the storms produced damaging winds and hail along and east of the US-1 Corridor.

Began near Brooksdale (36.3783, -78.9698).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1142223. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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