Tropical Storm Chantal (2025)
Tropical Storm Chantal peaked at 50 kt in the North Atlantic between July 4, 2025 and July 7, 2025, with a lowest pressure of 1002 mb, and made landfall. It killed 6 people directly and did $500 million of damage in the United States, by the National Hurricane Center’s count.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Chantal, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2025 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- July 4, 2025 to July 7, 2025
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1002 mb (29.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- AL032025
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
National Hurricane Center
6 direct deaths$500 million in the United States
The season table in NHC’s report archive, final report. Direct deaths are those caused by the storm’s own wind, water or surge, anywhere in the world.
NOAA Storm Events
6 deaths (6 direct, 0 indirect)$40 million
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 4 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 08:00 | Garden City, SC, 1 km away | 33.6N 79.0W | 45 kt (52 mph) | 1003 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled August 2026.
- Deaths
- 6 (6 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $40 million
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 43 in 6 reports from 4 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 6 | 0 | $40 million | 34 |
| Pennsylvania | 0 | 0 | $5,000 | 6 |
| Gulf of Mexico | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Atlantic South | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What was recorded
34 flash flood, 5 tornado, 2 waterspout, 1 marine thunderstorm wind, 1 thunderstorm wind.
Tornadoes and waterspouts
5 tornadoes and 2 waterspouts recorded in the United States, strongest first.
| Rating | County | State | Time (UTC) | Path | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EF1 | Lee | North Carolina | Jul 6, 19:00 | 1.0 mi | 150 yd | ||
| EF1 | Chatham | North Carolina | Jul 6, 19:24 | 1.4 mi | 100 yd | ||
| EF1 | Alamance | North Carolina | Jul 6, 21:32 | 0.6 mi | 175 yd | ||
| EF1 | Orange | North Carolina | Jul 6, 22:10 | 0.3 mi | 250 yd | ||
| EF0 | New Hanover | North Carolina | Jul 6, 08:27 | 1.7 mi | 30 yd |
Wind reports
The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.
| Wind | How | Where | State | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 kt (58 mph) | Estimated | 1.99 SSE of CHAPEL HILL | North Carolina | Jul 6, 20:10 |
| 34 kt (39 mph) | Measured | 6.56 NW of HARKERS ISLAND | Atlantic South | Jul 6, 16:52 |
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
The tornado formed near the King's Grant subdivision in Wilmington near Jamey Ct, then moved toward the northwest near West Gate Road. There was some minor shingle damage to a home, but mostly large limbs were down along with a couple of snapped/uprooted trees. The tornado crossed North Kerr Road near a truck rental business, then moved across northeast portions of the Wilmington International Airport before causing additional tree damage along Cornelius Moor Ave and Acorn Branch Road. The tornado lifted in the woods north of Acorn Branch Road.
New Hanover, North Carolina · Tornado · Jul 6, 08:27 UTC
Wind gust was measured at the North River XNRVr WeatherFlow Station along the North River as thunderstorms moved through the area.
Cp Lookout To Surf City Nc Out 20nm, Atlantic South · Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Jul 6, 16:52 UTC
An EF-1 tornado touched down at the Raleigh Executive Jetport 7.5 miles northeast of Sanford in Lee County, North Carolina. Several hangers had damage to wall panels and doors. Several aircraft were damaged. Minor damage to the taxiway occurred. The tornado briefly lifted before touching back down near its end point, and resulted in minor damage to several mobile homes and several trees that were snapped and uprooted.
Lee, North Carolina · Tornado · Jul 6, 19:00 UTC
Flash flooding occurred on the West Branch of Big Elk Creek. Water rose out of its banks onto Old Creek Road and Oxford Roads.
Chester, Pennsylvania · Flash Flood · Jul 7, 19:00 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 06:00 | 30.0N 79.6W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Jul 4, 12:00 | 30.5N 79.3W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Jul 4, 18:00 | 30.7N 79.1W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 5, 00:00 | 30.7N 79.0W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 5, 06:00 | 30.8N 78.9W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 12:00 | 31.0N 78.8W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 18:00 | 31.6N 78.6W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 00:00 | 32.3N 78.6W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 06:00 | 33.3N 78.9W | 50 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 08:00 landfall | 33.6N 79.0W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 12:00 | 33.9N 79.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 18:00 | 34.6N 79.1W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 7, 00:00 | 35.5N 78.9W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 7, 06:00 | 36.3N 78.4W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 7, 12:00 | 37.2N 77.0W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Jul 7, 18:00 | 37.9N 75.9W | 20 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2025
- Tropical Storm AndreaNorth Atlantic · 2025
- Tropical Storm BarryNorth Atlantic · 2025 · 8 deaths
- Hurricane DexterNorth Atlantic · 2025
- Hurricane ErinNorth Atlantic · 2025 · 13 deaths · $3.0 million
- Tropical Storm FernandNorth Atlantic · 2025
- Hurricane GabrielleNorth Atlantic · 2025
- Hurricane HumbertoNorth Atlantic · 2025
- Hurricane ImeldaNorth Atlantic · 2025 · 2 deaths
- Tropical Storm JerryNorth Atlantic · 2025 · 1 death
- Tropical Storm KarenNorth Atlantic · 2025
- Tropical Storm LorenzoNorth Atlantic · 2025
- Hurricane MelissaNorth Atlantic · 2025 · 93 deaths
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.