Thunderstorm Wind — Caldwell, North Carolina

2020-04-13 · near Gamewell, Caldwell, North Carolina

Event narrative

County comms reported trees blown down on Highway 18 in Gamewell. Spotter reported a large tree down on Connelly Springs Rd.

Wider weather episode

A strong storm system impacted the Southeast, resulting in an area of widespread heavy rain and embedded strong to severe thunderstorms that moved across western North Carolina during the late night and early morning hours. Localized flash flooding, some of which was quite significant developed across the mountains. Isolated severe weather also occurred, mainly in the form of damaging wind gusts. Strong southerly gradient winds also caused some damage across mainly the high elevations of western North Carolina.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 887511. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.