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Thunderstorm Wind — Rockingham, North Carolina

2024-08-30 · near Price, Rockingham, North Carolina

$2K

Property damage

50 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1211865. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.