Thunderstorm Wind — Hyde, North Carolina

2019-04-26 · near Swindell, Hyde, North Carolina

Event narrative

A line of showers and thunderstorms moving eastward produced a gustnado

on the leading edge of the gust front, or otherwise known as the

outflow boundary. The gustnado formed in a farm field off Creekside Rd, which was captured on video and seen by multiple eyewitnesses. The gustnado moved eastward, passing just north of the town center of Swan Quarter. A few larger branches were

broken with a one piece of a metal roof blown off along Main Street.

Farther east the location of the most damage occured along Quarter Road

near the intersection of Bridgman Road. Here a small camper was

overturned, and 10 percent of shingles were torn off a single story

house on Quarter Rd. The gustnado then crossed Quarter Rd and peeled 80

percent of a tin roof off a large farm warehouse, and threw large

portions of it as far as a half mile into a large farm field. A small

wooden outbuilding near the farm warehouse was pushed off its foundation

of cinder blocks and moved about 5 feet. This small structure was

anchored into the ground. The gustnado then dissipated in a farm field

about a half mile to the east of Quarter Rd.

Wider weather episode

Strong to isolated severe thunderstorms moved through Eastern NC during the late afternoon into the early evening hours. One particular storm produced damaging winds due to a gustnado.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (35.4152, -76.2962)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 810947. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.