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Thunderstorm Wind in Person County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind July 17, 2024 · Person County, North Carolina

58 mph
Estimated gust (50 kt)
$2K
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 down on a power line.

The wider storm

A cold front over the Ohio Valley tracked south and east into portions of eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina and south central Virginia during the late evening and overnight. Scattered thunderstorms developed ahead of the front in the afternoon and evening hours. A more concentrated area of storms tracked southeast out of central Virginia, and led to isolated damaging winds and tree damage across Person and Vance Counties.

Began near Cunningham (36.5000, -79.0900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1197154. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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