Power Outage in Taylorsville, NC

County comms reported a few power lines blown down in the Taylorsville area.

County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down in the Lake Hickory. One large tree fell on and split a house in half. Numerous trees and power lines were also blown down between Vashti and Hiddenite with one tree shut down due to trees blocking the road.

Amateur radio operator reported two trees blown down and blocking traffic near the intersection of Highway 127 and Telephone Exchange Rd. Spotter reported minor damage to a structure on Highway 127. Power lines were also blown down in the area.

Fire dept reported numerous trees and power lines blown down on Highway 16 near Taylorsville.

Media reported multiple trees and power lines blown down at the intersection of Highway 16 and Macedonia Church Rd. A tree was also blown down on a mobile home on nearby Daniel Estates Lane.

Media reported multiple trees and power lines blown down at the intersection of Highway 16 and Macedonia Church Rd. A tree was also blown down on a mobile home on nearby Daniel Estates Lane.

Law enforcement reported multiple trees and a few power lines blown down in the area around the junction of Daniels Lumber Rd, Vashti Rd, and Highway 16.

EM reported damaged to some boats at a dock on Lake Hickory, with a couple of trees snapped and some downed power lines nearby.

County comms reported two trees blown down and taking down a power lines along Old Mountain Rd at the Iredell County line.

Trees and power lines were blown down and blocking roads in the Springs Rd and Kool Park Rd area.

Multiple trees were blown down on across the county, with some trees on homes or power lines.

The porch was torn off a manufactured home on River Hills Ct, with several trees and power lines blown down in the area. Roofs were also blown off two sheds on LC Starnes Lane, and an outbuilding was flipped on Friendship Ridge Dr.

The porch was torn off a manufactured home on River Hills Ct, with several trees and power lines blown down in the area. Roofs were also blown off two sheds on LC Starnes Lane, and an outbuilding was flipped on Friendship Ridge Dr.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down on the north side of the county, including along All Healing Springs Rd, Mount Olive Church Rd and Jud Smith Rd.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down on the north side of the county, including along All Healing Springs Rd, Mount Olive Church Rd and Jud Smith Rd.

Several large trees were blown down in Taylorsville, damaging at least two buildings in town. Part of the roof was ripped off a warehouse building on highway 90 east of Taylorsville. A church that was under construction was destroyed in Hiddenite where numerous trees and power lines were downed as well.

An outbuilding was damaged off Zeb Watts Rd about 4 miles west northwest of Taylorsville. Trees and power lines were also blown, particularly along highway 16 around 4 miles north of town.

An outbuilding was damaged off Zeb Watts Rd about 4 miles west northwest of Taylorsville. Trees and power lines were also blown, particularly along highway 16 around 4 miles north of town.

Quite a few trees were blown down across the county, with some power lines down in Taylorsville.

Quite a few trees were blown down across the county, with some power lines down in Taylorsville.

Several trees blown down in the northeast part of the county, with several on power lines.

A tree was blown down on a car and power lines were downed in the Old Schoolhouse Rd area.

Several large oak trees and power lines blown down.

Trees on a house on Northmont Rd, and about 300 customers lost power in the county.

Numerous trees and power lines down around Millersville, with additional trees and power lines down in the Hiddenite area. Around 1000 customers lost power in the area.

Trees and power lines down.

Several trees and power lines blown down. At least 1 tree fell on a vehicle.

Lightning struck a high-voltage power line, knocking out power to 1850 residents.

Power lines down.

Numerous pine trees were snapped. Scattered power outages also occurred.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Several poultry houses were damaged or destroyed.

Many thousands of trees were downed in the mountains, where the character of the wind was a steady, persistent wind of 35 to 45 mph with higher gusts for the duration of the event. In the foothills and piedmont, where lower threshold winds were observed, damage was not as widespread but there were still scattered downed trees and power lines.

An isolated severe thunderstorm produced a macroburst with winds estimated as high as 75 mph which blew roofs partially off mobile homes, caused light structural damage to homes and churches, downed numerous trees (some on structures), and resulted in widespread power outages. In addition, the high winds coincident with marble size hail resulted in significant damage to crops. A dollar estimate of crop damage was not available at the time of this writing, but was considered to be rather high.