Thunderstorm Wind in Caldwell County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind July 6, 2018 · Caldwell County, North Carolina

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

Death

Injuries

$5K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

EM reported a large tree was blown down on a vehicle in Green Mountain Park killing a 78-year-old occupant and causing minor injuries to two others. A few other trees were blown down in Lenoir and areas just east of the city.

The wider storm

Scattered thunderstorms developed across the North Carolina mountains and foothills during the afternoon and moved into the western Piedmont by early evening. A few of the storms produced strong to damaging winds that caused tree damage, with one tree falling on a vehicle north of Lenoir, killing one of the occupants.

Began near Yadkin Vly (35.9600, -81.5100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 774967. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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