Strong Wind in Rutherford, North Carolina

Strong Wind April 4, 2000 · Rutherford, North Carolina

Death

$2K

Damage as recorded

The wider storm

A woman driving a van was impaled by a tree limb during a freak incident where gusty winds of 30 to 40 mph split a tree, causing part of it to fall on her vehicle. She died a week later in the hospital.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5141200. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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