Power Outage in Eden, NC

Widespread areas of trees were downed or uprooted by thunderstorms winds in the Eden area, with at least one tree causing minor damage to a roof. Numerous powerlines were also downed, causing a loss of power to over 5,000 customers.

Numerous power lines and trees were downed by non-thunderstorm winds from the remnants of Ian throughout the county. One tree fell on a house in Eden and an estimated 7,128 residents lost power.

Several trees were blown down across Rockingham County due to damaging winds from a line of showers. Over 2,000 customers were without power.

Several trees were blown down across Rockingham County due to damaging winds from a line of showers. Over 2,000 customers were without power.

A Skywarn-trained weather spotter and a member of the general public observed ice accumulations from freezing rain ranging from 0.25 to 0.3 inches in thickness across portions of Rockingham County, including around the communities of Reidsville and Mayfield. The icing resulted in at least 255 known new power outages within the county, though some were still without power from the previous winter storm less than a week earlier. Key impacts: power outages; hazardous travel conditions; tree damage; schools closed.

A Skywarn-trained weather spotter and members of the general public observed ice accumulations from freezing rain ranging from 0.25 to as high as one inch in thickness widespread across Rockingham County, including around the communities of Reidsville, Wentworth, Monroeton and Eden. The icing resulted in around 16,793 power outages, with reports of at least 44 utility poles snapped and 7 miles-worth of powerlines damaged or downed under the weight of the icing. Multiple automobile accidents were reported. Thousands of trees and tree limbs were also brought down by the weight of the icing. Key impacts: power outages; hazardous to impossible travel conditions; automobile accidents; widespread tree damage.

Numerous trees, power poles, and power lines were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds from Stoneville to Eden.

Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds, with a couple falling onto power lines along Spearman Drive near the Haw River State Park.

Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and power lines near the intersection of Wolf Island Road and Elon Drive and blew down a few more large trees on to the railroad track near Narrow Gauge Road. The trees halted a Norfolk Southern train for a period of time until the track was clear.

A winter storm brought mainly freezing rain to the county, where ice accumulation ranged from 0.10 to 0.33 inches thick across most of the county. Sleet was also observed, with accumulations for each generally less than 0.5 inches deep. The heavy icing resulted in power outages, affecting as many as 16,927 customers.

Wind gusts estimated to be in the 30 to 40 mph range were common during the passage of Tropical Storm Michael. These gusty winds, when combined with the effects of saturated ground due to heavy rain from the storm, resulted in dozens of trees and power lines down across the county.

Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree that also took down a power line near the intersection of Ayersville Road and Turner Road.

Winds downed numerous trees and power lines across the county. Some roads were blocked. Damage values are estimated.

A power line was blown down in the Huntsville community during a rain shower associated with the outer circulation of former Tropical Storm Cindy.

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power-lines along Cook Forest Road.

Thunderstorm winds were responsible for knocking down three large pine trees along Kingston Road, one of which fell against a high voltage power line causing temporary disruption.

Several trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds around Madison.

Several trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds in Reidsville.

Thunderstorm winds caused extensive damage in and around Reidsville. In addition to numerous trees being blown down, several onto homes and cars, power lines and poles were also brought down. A church had considerable damage to its steeple.

Thunderstorm winds caused extensive damage in and around Reidsville. In addition to numerous trees being blown down, several onto homes and cars, power lines and poles were also brought down. A church had considerable damage to its steeple.

Thunderstorm winds blew a tree over which knocked down some power lines onto Route 87, subsequently causing a vehicular accident.

Post frontal winds knocked down ice covered trees and powerlines throughout the county. Duke Energy reported at 10:30 AM on Tuesday morning that 7400 customers without power.

Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees along Highway 41 in Eden. Many of these trees feel on power poles. Highway 41 was closed for a time because of this. Damage values are estimated.

Numerous trees and power lines were reported down around the county.

Thunderstorm winds blew several trees down power lines down. One tree fell on three cars Rhodes Road, two of which were totaled. Damage values are estimated.

Damaging thunderstorm winds associated with a squall line downed over one hundred trees across the county with many of them falling on homes or power lines. Power was out at a time to 7400 customers. Damage values are estimated.

Damaging thunderstorm winds associated with a squall line downed over one hundred trees across the county with many of them falling on homes or power lines. Power was out at a time to 7400 customers. Damage values are estimated.

Thunderstorm winds blew a couple hundred of trees down across the county. Many of these fallen trees brought down power lines, and one tree fell on a house in Eden. Damage values are estimated.

Thunderstorm winds blew a couple hundred of trees down across the county. Many of these fallen trees brought down power lines, and one tree fell on a house in Eden. Damage values are estimated.

Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down onto a power line. The power line then fell on a house causing a structural fire. Damage values are estimated.

A line of severe thunderstorms brought down a tree on a mobile home near Monroeton. The strong winds also brought a tree down on a power line on Richardson Drive near Reidsville, and caused siding and window damage to a church in the same general area.

A line of severe thunderstorms brought down a tree on a mobile home near Monroeton. The strong winds also brought a tree down on a power line on Richardson Drive near Reidsville, and caused siding and window damage to a church in the same general area.

Thunderstorm winds blew a radio tower down on power lines and a building near the intersection of Madison Street and Business U.S. 29. Damage values are estimated.

A tree was blown down by strong winds. The tree brought down a power line on Route 700. Damage amounts are estimated.

Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree on a power line on Roosevelt Street.

Strong northwest winds on the backside of a deepening coastal low brought down trees across the county, and caused scattered power outages.

Snow broke out across the county late Thursday evening and continued through the day Friday. It mixed with sleet and rain during the day Friday when warmer air moved in aloft. The precipitation ended as snow showers Friday evening. Total snow accumulations of around 4 to 5 inches were common.||The snow and freezing rain combined to bring down numerous trees and power lines across the county, with as many as 20000 people without power at one time. The damage included a pole and transformer being pulled down by the wait of the snow and ice.

A tree and power line were blown down along McCollum Road. Damage values are estimated.

Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. Power outages reached a peak of about 4,500.

Thunderstorm winds with gusts up to 60 mph downed trees and power lines. Trees were blown down on Ellisboro Road and the Anglin Mill area.

Trees and power lines were downed throughout the county.

Large trees were blown down countywide, with a tree on a home in both Mayodan and Ruffin. At one point, 6000 electric customers were without power.

A cold front pushed south across northwest North Carolina, sparking severe thunderstorms in the region. Winds from the severe thunderstorms brought down umerous trees and power lines, creating power outages that affected several thousand homes in the Eden area.

Large hail up to golf ball size fell and trees and power lines were downed by severe thunderstorms that developed in advance of an approaching cold front.

Remnants of Hurricane Ian moved north-northwest from the South Carolina coast into the northwest North Carolina counties. Ian was classified as a post-tropical system by the time it reached central and northwest North Carolina during the late hours of September 30th, 2022. Strong low level shear and abundant tropical moisture brought strong winds to much of the area, resulting in thousands of power outages and many downed trees. The remnants of Ian continued to impact the area overnight through the morning hours of October 1, 2022.

Winds increased after the passage of a cold front. The strong winds downed trees and power lines in the Yadkin, Wilkes, Stokes, and Rockingham County region. The winds also fanned the flames of a couple of wildfires presumably started by downed powerlines. A large billboard was also blown down.

A complex low pressure system brought deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico as it moved across the central Appalachians, overriding a shallow layer of sub-freezing temperatures within high pressure established across the lower mid-Atlantic. This resulted in a widespread mixture of freezing rain and sleet across the large portions of the northwest North Carolina only days after a similar winter storm moved across the region. Freezing rain accumulations were highest east of the Blue Ridge, with locally higher accretions of 0.5 inch in thickness. The icing from this freezing rain weighed down trees and tree limbs, as well as power lines and power poles, causing some to snap. The power grid was already fragile from heavy ice accumulations from a few days before, and many communities lost power again due to downed powerlines that had only recently been restored. Multiple trees and tree limbs were snapped by the weight of ice accumulations. The widespread winter storm conditions resulted in numerous travel delays, with schools across the region closed.

A complex low pressure system brought with it deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico as it moved across the central Appalachians, overriding a shallow layer of sub-freezing temperatures within high pressure established across the lower mid-Atlantic. This resulted in widespread freezing rain across the large portions of the Piedmont of North Carolina, as well as a mixture of freezing rain, sleet and some snow further west across the mountains. Freezing rain accumulations across portions of the North Carolina Piedmont were the highest experienced in several years, ranging from widespread 0.25 to 0.5 inch accretions, with locally higher accretions of one inch in thickness. The icing from this freezing rain weighed down trees and tree limbs, as well as power lines and power poles, causing a great many of them to snap. For some counties, there were reports that nearly 90 percent of the residents lost power, with some remaining without power for over a week. Numerous automobile wrecks were noted due to ice causing slick roadway surfaces. Some injuries were noted, but no known fatalities occurred due to this storm.

An approaching cold front, interacting with a warm and unstable air mass, spawned a |line of storms that passed over the northern Piedmont of North Carolina. A couple of severe thunderstorms moved through Rockingham County where a few trees were blown down, some on power lines.

An approaching cold front combined with a hot and humid air mass triggered scattered severe thunderstorms across the North Carolina Piedmont. These storms produced hail up to the size of golf balls and damaging winds that blew down numerous trees and power lines. Some of the trees fell on to homes. The winds also blew the roof off a picnic shelter and threw it to the ground in Caswell County.

A hot and humid air mass sparked numerous severe thunderstorms during the afternoon. These storms downed a copious amount of trees and power lines across the North Carolina Piedmont. Surry County suffered the most notable damage. Lightning also struck a power transformer in Yadkin County.

An upper level storm system rotating around a broad area of low pressure anchored across the Great Lakes pushed through the area on May 31st, spurring several thunderstorms across the northern Piedmont of North Carolina. These storms produced fairly extensive wind damage, toppling trees and power-lines resulting in thousands without power.

A derecho of historic proportion rolled through the region and caused widespread, significant damage. Numerous power outages occurred. Some customers were without power for several days which coincided with a prolonged period of excessive heat. The derecho had its origin around Chicago, Illinois around 1:00 pm EST. By 7:00 pm EST the derecho had reached southeast West Virginia. Only two hours later, it was pushing through Southside Virginia. By midnight EST it had reached the Atlantic coast. Northwest North Carolina was on the southern periphery of this Derecho.

On the 25th of September, a powerful area of low pressure was located over the southeastern U.S. Several weak centers of low pressure formed over the Gulf Coast area from the 26th to 28th and pushed northeast along a stationary boundary bringing very high moisture from the Gulf and Atlantic Ocean. This deep moisture was pulled northward into the piedmont of the Carolinas and Virginia. A strong southeast flow developed in the low levels of the atmosphere and initiated a significant upslope component formed as well, with the highest amounts of rain falling along and east of the Blue Ridge. Storm total rainfall was greatest along the crest of the Blue Ridge and east into the foothills. This region received three to five inches. A second around of rain began in earnest during the evening hours of the 29th as remains from Tropical Storm Nicole moved across North Carolina and eastern Virginia. Rainfall rates increased during the overnight hours with the heaviest amounts falling from the Blue Ridge eastward. There was a much sharper western cutoff to this precipitation pattern, with very little falling west of the Blue Ridge and heavy rains to the east. The heaviest rains were concentrated from Rockingham County, NC through Henry County, VA and into southern Franklin County, VA. Rainfall rates of 1.0 to 1.5 inches per hour occurred in the same region that received the heaviest amounts rain on the 26th through the 28th. This prompted flash flood within this region. Precipitation continued through much of the 30th as the remains of Nicole shifted northward. Three day rainfall totals exceeded ten inches over parts of Henry County with widespread three to five inch totals noted east of the crest of the Blue Ridge.

Thunderstorms developed with the passage of an upper level disturbance. Some of these storms reached severe limits by producing wind gusts on the order of 60 to near 75 mph. Numerous trees were blown down by these winds, some into power lines and roof tops. Other wind damage included damage to a mobile home in Roaring River, Wilkes County.

An ice storm produced a 1/4 to 1/2 inch coating of ice across Northern North Carolina starting on the morning of the 15th in the west and continuing into the evening. Downed trees, limbs and power lines created power outages across much of the region. Emergency managers estimated that 12,000 people lost power during the storm. Surry county reported 300 trees downed across the county with 8,000 people losing power in the Dobson, Mount Airy and Westfield areas.

Severe thunderstorms, some with bowing line segments, resulted in trees and some power lines down.

High winds not associated with thunderstorms downed trees and power lines across Rockingham county. Also non thunderstom winds in Rockingham county damaged a greenhouse 2 southwest of Wentworth, two stores had roofs blown off in Madison, and Ace hardware suffered structual damage in Mayodan.High winds downed trees and power lines across Stokes county. Roofs were blown off houses in Sandy Ridge. High winds downed trees and power lines across Caswell county.Non thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across Wilkes county. high winds downed large trees and power lines in Alleghany county.high winds downed trees and power lines across Yadkin county.

As Hurricane Isabel weakened to a tropical storm, winds were sustained during the mid afternoon and early evening at up to 45 to 55 mph with gusts near 65 mph. This produced widespread wind damage with numerous trees and power lines downed.

Thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 22nd produced damaging winds.Thunderstorm winds downed trees 2 miles west of Monroeton and trees and power lines 6 miles north of Elkin.

Thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 19th produced a tornado, damaging winds, and hail up to golfball size.A small tornado developed about 2 miles north-northwest of Dillard and traveled southeast about four tenths of a mile before dissipating. The tornado was about 60 yards wide and damaged an abandoned house, moved a barn off of its fountain, and knocked down and snapped off numerous trees and branches. A 3 foot diameter tree was also snapped off.Thunderstorm winds downed trees 6 miles north of Danbury, downed trees and power lines in Pilot Mountain, downed trees blocked Route 772 near Duggins Road 8 miles north-northeast of Walnut Cove, downed trees along Route 52 near Pinnancle, and downed trees 1 north of Elkin and Mt. Airy.

Thunderstorm winds on the afternoon of the 16th downed trees and power lines onto Garrett Road in Eden.

Strong non-thunderstorm winds combined with a saturated ground resulted in numerous trees being uprooted across Caswell, Rockingham, Surry, Stokes, and Yadkin Counties. Some trees fell on power lines, resulting in power outages.Moderate to heavy rainfall occurred during the morning and afternoon hours on the 10th, resulting in small stream flooding and road closings in Stokes, Rockingham and Caswell Counties.

Snow and ice developed during the afternoon of the 26th and became mainly freezing rain later at night and during the 27th. Ice accretions ranged from a 1/4 to 1/2 inch in the foothills to as much as 1 1/2 inches in Caswell County. Numerous trees and power lines were downed with a large percentage of the population without power.

Thunderstorms winds downed trees and power lines in Intelligence during the late afternoon of the 26th.

Thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 6th produced damaging winds and hail up to nickel size.Thunderstorm winds downed trees 5 miles east of Danbury, onto Route 135, 3 miles southeast of Stoneville, and trees and power lines 1 mile west of Eden,

Thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 1st produced damaging winds and hail up to tennis ball size.Thunderstorm winds downed trees 7 miles west of Yanceyville, Walnut Cove, 7 miles north of Jefferson, and downed trees and power lines in Mayodan.

In Reidsville in Rockingham County, trees were downed onto power lines resulting in power outages. One tree was downed onto a house, causing serious damage to the roof.

Thunderstorms during the evening of the 15th produced damaging winds and hail up to dime size.Thunderstorm winds downed trees and snapped utility poles in Courtney, downed trees in Wentworth, trees in Level Cross, trees and power lines in Eden, and downed large trees across Oregon Hill Rd in Mayfield.

Thunderstorms on the afternoon of the 28th produced hail up to golf ball size and damaging winds.Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in southwestern Rockingham County.

Thunderstorms on the afternoon of the 17th produced hail up to one inch in diameter and damaging winds.Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Dobson.

High winds during the afternoon of the 13th downed large trees, tree limbs, and power lines.