Thunderstorm Wind — Transylvania, North Carolina

2024-05-08 · near Rosman, Transylvania, North Carolina

Event narrative

Public reported (via Social Media) multiple trees blown down in the Rosman area.

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.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (35.1500, -82.8200)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1186733. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.