North Carolina, 2023Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 13, 2023
July 13, 2023 · NWS GSP · 4 events in 3 counties and zones
Scattered thunderstorms and storm clusters developed over western North Carolina throughout the evening. A few of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts over the Piedmont and foothills.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Scattered thunderstorms and storm clusters developed over western North Carolina throughout the evening. A few of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts over the Piedmont and foothills.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan
- When
- July 13, 7:05 PM EST to 7:14 PM EST
- Where
- Rowan County, 0.88 mi SSE of Mt Ulla to 0.94 mi SE of Bear Poplar
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 35.638, -80.725
Spotter reported trees blown down on power lines near Jones Rd and Centenary Rd, with other lines down in the area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan
- When
- July 13, 7:30 PM EST to 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Rowan County, 2.62 mi WNW of Cleveland to 3.48 mi WNW of Woodleaf
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 35.751, -80.719
Spotter reported trees blown down near Third Creek Church Rd and Springway Ln and other trees down near Foster Rd and Cool Springs Rd.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- July 13, 9:28 PM EST
- Where
- Rutherford County, 0.45 mi W of Ellenboro to 3.73 mi ENE of Ellenboro
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -81.788
County comms reported a tree blown down on Beams Mill Rd and another tree down on New House Rd.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- July 13, 9:37 PM EST to 10:12 PM EST
- Where
- Cleveland County, 0.13 mi ESE of Lattimore to 0.69 mi S of Earl
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 35.319, -81.668
Spotter reported multiple trees blown down across Cleveland County.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 13 to 14, 20231 death · $260,000 · 74 kt wind · 37 events
- Excessive Heat in Louisiana, July 13, 20231 death · 6 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 13, 2023$3.7 million · 11 events
- Hail in Minnesota, July 13, 2023$1.0 million · 3 in hail · 17 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 13, 2023$648,000 · 2.75 in hail · 18 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 13, 2023$624,000 · 51 kt wind · 16 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 13, 20231 injured · $360,000 · EF0 · 19 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 13, 2023$186,000 · 1.25 in hail · 36 events
- Flash Flooding in Vermont, July 13 to 19, 2023$400,000 · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 13, 2023$92,000 · 1 in hail · 33 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, July 13 to 15, 20231 injured · 1.25 in hail · 68 events
- Hail in South Dakota, July 13, 2023$120,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1125206, 1125207, 1125209, 1125210.