Thunderstorm Wind in Currituck County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind August 4, 2021 · Currituck County, North Carolina

64 mph

Estimated gust (56 kt)

$20K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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

Began near Grandy (36.2326, -75.8732).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 980729. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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