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Thunderstorm Wind in Lee County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind May 26, 2024 · Lee 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

A tree was blown down onto powerlines along south Main St. near Stevens Ave in Broadway.

The wider storm

A thunderstorm complex over the Middle Mississippi Valley in the morning tracked into the lower Ohio Valley and eastern Tennessee during the early afternoon. As this thunderstorm complex crossed the North Carolina mountains, a bowing segment developed and tracked from the western Piedmont into the Triangle, Sandhills and Coastal Plain. This bowing line produced several reports of straight line wind damage, especially across Randolph County.

Began near Broadway (35.4493, -79.0495).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1173630. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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