Thunderstorm Wind in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind May 22, 2020 · Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

63 mph

Estimated gust (55 kt)

Death

Injury

$500K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Emergency manager and media reported numerous trees blown down in the Dilworth and Elizabeth neighborhoods of Charlotte, with trees down on about a dozen homes. One tree was blown down on a house on Idlewood Circle that killed an occupant and seriously injured another. Other sources reported additional trees down across portions of South Charlotte including the Stonehaven neighborhood and in Mint Hill.

The wider storm

A line of thunderstorms moved into the southern Piedmont of North Carolina from upstate South Carolina during the afternoon. Multiple reports of locally damaging wind gusts were received, and a weak tornado developed across southern Gaston County.

Began near Griffith (35.1900, -80.8500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Gaston County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 896679. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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