Strong Wind in Alexander, North Carolina

Strong Wind February 16, 2025 · Alexander, North Carolina

46 mph

Estimated gust (40 kt)

$10K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Strong wind gusts from the WNW developed during the afternoon in the wake of a cold front. A tree was blown down on a house on Saunders Ln in Taylorsville.

The wider storm

A narrow line of heavy rain showers and embedded thunderstorms moved across western North Carolina during the morning in association with a cold front. A few instances of brief damaging wind gusts occurred with heavier showers and storms.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1238484. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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