Thunderstorm Wind in Richmond County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind August 1, 2021 · Richmond County, North Carolina

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$10K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

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

The wider storm

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.

Began near Cordova (34.8830, -79.8150).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 982189. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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