Thunderstorm Wind in Surry County, North Carolina

Numerous trees were reported down in a swath from southwestern Mount Airy to Sheltontown. The reports are as follows:

A tree was reported down and landed on a car near the Walmart in Mount Airy.

A tree and a few power lines were reported down along Welch Road.

A tree was reported down, on a powerline, and on fire while blocking a roadway near Cooke Trucking Company.

A tree was reported down at the 100 Block of Bridgeport Road.

A tree was reported down and on a power line near Champ Creek.

A tree was reported down on a power line with both landing on a truck with occupants. None of the occupants were injured.

A tree was reported down at the 100 Block of Gilda Drive.

A tree was reported down at the 3100 Block of Westfield Road.

A tree was reported down and across the road between the 1500 and 1600 Blocks of Sheep Farm Road.

A tree was reported down near the railroad tracks in Pilot Mountain.

There were at least twenty separate reports of a tree down in Mount Airy.

A cold front moved slowly southward through the Mid-Atlantic, triggering scattered thunderstorms with heavy rainfall rates and severe weather. While shear was not very high (<30 knots), the atmosphere was considerably unstable with SBCAPE values of at least 2000 J/kg. Low level lapse rates and mid-level lapse rates were up to 8.5 C/km and 6.5C/km, respectively, in the Piedmont. All these parameters, combined with DCAPE values of 1000-1400 J/kg, resulted in scattered severe thunderstorms that reached as far south as North Carolina. One storm in particular sent a swath of trees and power lines down in Mount Airy of Surry County. This storm formed and intensified after crossing the Blue Ridge and shortly dissipated in Stokes County.