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Thunderstorm Wind in Macon County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind January 11, 2020 · Macon County, North Carolina

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$10K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

County comms reported multiple trees blown down across Macon County with one tree falling on a house in Franklin.

The wider storm

Multiple lines of thunderstorms developed across the western Carolinas in advance of a cold front during the late afternoon and evening. Some of these lines produced swaths of wind damage across the southern mountains, foothills, and mainly the northern Piedmont.

Began near Blossomtown (35.1640, -83.6800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 871113. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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