Thunderstorm Wind — Currituck, North Carolina

2021-08-04 · near Grandy, Currituck, North Carolina

$20K

Property damage

56 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

A band of moderate to heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms was moving through northeast North Carolina around 7 AM Wednesday morning, August 4. As the tail end of the system moved through Grandy, damage was reported at Flippers Convenience and Arcade. The damage included a couple of windows that were broken and a portion of the roof was removed. On the west side of Caratoke Highway, a video camera from Wiseguys Pies was able to capture the event. It showed a swirl of winds hitting the store with debris being flung, and a flash of light from a transformer. It was determined that a gustnado impacted the area.

Wider weather episode

Isolated severe thunderstorm associated with an area of low pressure moving northward along the coast produced a gustnado across portions of northeast North Carolina.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 980729. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.