Thunderstorm Wind — Swain, North Carolina

2025-05-17 · near Lauada, Swain, North Carolina

Event narrative

Utility company reported several trees blown down on power lines and causing outages northeast of Almond.

Wider weather episode

A broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved into western North Carolina from Tennessee during the early morning hours. Multiple reports of damaging wind gusts were received, along with isolated large hail.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1266960. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.