Thunderstorm Wind — Vance, North Carolina
2024-08-18 · near North Henderson, Vance, North Carolina
$2K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
Power outages were caused by fallen trees damaging power equipment in north Henderson.
Wider weather episode
A pre-frontal trough and an approaching cold front from upstream thunderstorms combined to spark two areas of storm development that produced severe and damaging wind gusts. The most prolific was a microburst in western Johnston County that shut down Interstate 40 for several hours between North Carolina highway 42 and North Carolina highway 210.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1208405. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.