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Thunderstorm Wind — Gaston, North Carolina

2024-05-08 · near Mountian View, Gaston, North Carolina

Direct deaths

Injuries

$20K

Property damage

60 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

County comms reported widespread straight-line wind damage to trees and power lines from the Kings Mountain and Bessemer City areas, across Gastonia to McAdenville. A 62-year-old woman was killed and another person injured when a tree fell on a parked vehicle at South New Hope Rd and Dixon Rd in Gastonia. The screen of an outdoor theater was destroyed in McAdenville.

Wider weather episode

A couple of waves of strong to severe thunderstorms moved from east Tennessee into western North Carolina...one during the afternoon and evening of the 8th, and another during the early morning of the 9th. Scattered severe storms produced several EF1 tornadoes, large to very large hail, and isolated swaths of damaging winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1186725. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.