Thunderstorm Wind in Person County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind August 2, 2024 · Person County, North Carolina

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$15K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trees were reported down throughout the county, including especially the town of Bushy Fork.

The wider storm

A surface cold front approached the region as an area of low pressure tracked into the Ohio Valley. A lee trough was also present across western North Carolina. In combination of both the surface front, as well as sea breeze thunderstorms forming an effective boundary, scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across the Piedmont. Additional storms formed over the Sandhills and Coastal Plain. Several trees and powerlines were reported down due to the storms moving through in the late afternoon and early evening hours.

Began near Bushy Fork (36.3084, -79.0857).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1208712. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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