Thunderstorm Wind, Person
- When
- July 17, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Person County, 2.15 mi SSW of Cunningham
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Utility Company
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -79.090
A tree was down on a power line.
Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 17, 2024
A cold front over the Ohio Valley tracked south and east into portions of eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina and south central Virginia during the late evening and overnight. Scattered thunderstorms developed ahead of the front in the afternoon and evening hours.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $9,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
A cold front over the Ohio Valley tracked south and east into portions of eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina and south central Virginia during the late evening and overnight. Scattered thunderstorms developed ahead of the front in the afternoon and evening hours. A more concentrated area of storms tracked southeast out of central Virginia, and led to isolated damaging winds and tree damage across Person and Vance Counties.
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Person
- When
- July 17, 7:05 PM EST
- Where
- Person County, 1.31 mi WSW of Mc Gehees Mill
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Utility Company
- Coordinates
- 36.510, -79.050
A tree was down on power lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, Vance
- When
- July 17, 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Vance County, 1.11 mi E of Townsville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -78.410
Trees were down on power lines, resulting in widespread power outages.
What these are
- 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.
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Sources
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1197154, 1197155, 1197160.