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Thunderstorm Wind — Lee, North Carolina

2024-07-18 · near Sanford, Lee, North Carolina

$5K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude

Event narrative

Several trees were reported down in Sanford.

Wider weather episode

A cold front draped northeast to southwest over Virginia and eastern Tennessee moved south and through central North Carolina in the late evening hours. A line of scattered to numerous showers and storms tracked southeastward ahead of the front during the afternoon and evening hours. Numerous downed trees and powerlines were reported, as well as some isolated flash flooding across Wake and Durham Counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1204103. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.