Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth
- When
- May 25, 3:11 PM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -80.220
Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 25, 1975
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Catawba
- When
- May 25, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Catawba County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -80.980
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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 25, 1975
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 25, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 25, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 25, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 25, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 25, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 25, 1975
- Hail in Minnesota, May 25, 1975
- Hail in Arkansas, May 25, 1975
- Hail in Iowa, May 25, 1975
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10087664, 10087665.