Thunderstorm Wind in Burke County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind May 26, 2024 · Burke County, North Carolina

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$50K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

County comms reported multiple trees blown down in Glen Alpine, with one tree on a home that caused a collapsed roof. Multiple trees were also blown down around Morganton.

The wider storm

Numerous thunderstorms and storm clusters moved across western North Carolina during the afternoon and evening. Some storms produced severe weather in the form of isolated large hail and swaths of damaging wind gusts.

Began near Glen Alpine (35.7290, -81.7920).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1186678. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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