Thunderstorm Wind in Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind July 1, 2012 · Edgecombe County, North Carolina

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

Death

$100K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Numerous trees were reported down in the Temperance Hall area, with 12 homes damgaged and one house destroyed. One individual was killed during clean up of the storm damage when a tree fell.

The wider storm

A lee side surface trough interacted with a very unstable atmosphere and produced clusters of showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms became severe and produce large hail and damaging winds across all of central North Carolina.

Began near Pinetops (35.7939, -77.6753).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 405932. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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