Thunderstorm Wind — Cherokee, North Carolina

2025-05-20 · near Bates Creek, Cherokee, North Carolina

Event narrative

Thunderstorm brought a brief instance of damaging winds to Cherokee County, knocking down powerlines and bringing a short outage to over 2000 customers in the area.

Wider weather episode

Occluded surface low driving a cold front through Southern Appalachian brought thunderstorms to western North Carolina, one storm brought a brief power outage and a lightning strike caused a small house fire.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1262933. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.