Tropical Storm — Guilford, North Carolina

2018-10-11 · Guilford, North Carolina

Event narrative

Tropical storm wind gusts caused significant damage to homes and other structures across the county. A total of 321 homes were damaged from fallen trees, with seven destroyed, 88 being classified as having major damage, 121 seeing minor damage and the rest listed as 'affected.' At the peak of the storm, the total peak outages were around 130,000 customers.

Wider weather episode

Tropical Storm Michael moved through North Carolina on Thursday, October 11th. Michael brought heavy rain and strong damaging winds to central North Carolina. While heavy rainfall of 3 to 6 inches produced minor flash flooding across the area, it was high wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph that caused the biggest problems, knocking down score of trees, leading to blocked roadways and thousands without power.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 789600. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.