Thunderstorm Wind — Richmond, North Carolina

2021-08-01 · near Cordova, Richmond, North Carolina

Event narrative

Multiple trees were reported down along Highway 1 near Hamer Mill Road.

Wider weather episode

Showers and thunderstorms developed during the early to mid afternoon along a stationary front draped across central North Carolina from northeast to southwest. A very moist and unstable airmass was in place south of the stationary front. This combined with an unseasonably strong mid/upper level trough over the are resulted in a deep layer shear profile favorable for multicellular clusters and even a few supercells. Thus, as the showers and storms developed they quickly developed into clusters of storms with embedded supercells. Multiple storms/clusters became severe and produced wind damaging and large hail.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 982189. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.