Thunderstorm Wind in Rockingham County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind August 30, 2024 · Rockingham 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

Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down on a power line. Damage values are estimated.

The wider storm

The cold front that was over the region on the 29th, made limited progress eastward on the 30th. This feature continued to serve as the focus for afternoon and evening shower and thunderstorm development. A few of these storms increased to severe levels causing damaging winds which downed trees. The storms were noted to have produced heavy downpours due to high rainfall rates, at times reaching 3 to 4 inches per hour which caused localized flash flooding in Ashe County.

Began near Price (36.5000, -79.9300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1211865. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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