Thunderstorm Wind — Rutherford, North Carolina

2025-06-17 · near Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina

Event narrative

Public reported trees and some power lines blown down from Rutherfordton, across Forest City, to the Ellenboro area.

Wider weather episode

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms, line segments, and storm clusters moved across the western North Carolina counties bordering South Carolina during the evening. Several of the embedded storms produced areas of damaging wind gusts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1277782. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.