Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 20, 1996

Severe thunderstorms developed in the western North Carolina mountains and moved east. Trees and power lines were blown down at several locations from Swain county to Union county. Around Maggie Valley and Lake Junaluska a porch was blown off a house and landed on a car. Power was out to about 5700 people in that area. Another area of damage was near the Blue Ridge Parkway where trees and signs were blown down. Around Cashiers a number of trees were downed causing damage to homes and a pickup truck was blown off an embankment. Also shingles were blown off houses and roofs were blown off of some utility buildings. Near Brevard there was a damage swath about 200 yards wide and 3/4 mile long where a mobile home was blown off its foundation. Nine other mobile homes and two houses were damaged by the wind. In Gaston county shingles were blown off homes in a couple of locations, large trees were downed by the wind and a trampoline was blown into power lines. A damaging storm traversed Union county, blowing over a mobile home, destroying a barn and downing a number of large trees. Trees and power lines were downed near Charlotte.