North Carolina, 2025

High Wind in North Carolina, April 15, 2025

April 15, 2025 · NWS RNK · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Winds increased sharply with the passage of a cold front. Two locations (near Baldwin and at Aho) within the North Carolina mountains experienced measured gusts at 58 mph, but with no damage noted.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

What happened

The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.

Winds increased sharply with the passage of a cold front. Two locations (near Baldwin and at Aho) within the North Carolina mountains experienced measured gusts at 58 mph, but with no damage noted.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 15, 2:10 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 2:10 PM EST, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 1:49 PM EST, 26 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:04 AM EST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
1004 AM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0745 PM     Hail             3 SSW Leonard           38.04N 80.42W
04/14/2025  E1.25 Inch       Greenbrier         WV   Emergency Mngr

0800 PM     Hail             1 ENE Neola             37.97N 80.12W
04/14/2025  E1.00 Inch       Greenbrier         WV   Fire Dept/Rescue

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 11:12 AM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
1212 PM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0824 PM     Hail             4 SSE Ingalls Field     37.90N 79.80W
04/14/2025  M1.00 Inch       Bath               VA   Park/Forest Srvc

            Hail ranging in sized from pea to quarter
            accumulated on the ground to about an inch
            depth with piles 10 inches deep where hail
            had washed off buildings and accumulated.
            Damaged to pine trees with debris littering
            the ground. Also damaged a skylight in an RV
            Camper. Piles of hail still visible this
            morning , 12 hours after occurrence.
            (Douthat State Park).

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 11:18 AM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
1218 PM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0824 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 SE Ingalls Field      37.91N 79.80W
04/14/2025                   Bath               VA   Park/Forest Srvc

            Tree down in one of the campgrounds at
            Douthat State Park. Downed tree limbs noted
            throughout the park and debris on the roads.
            Very heavy rain and hail accompanied this
            storm.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 12:11 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
111 PM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0824 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 SE Ingalls Field      37.91N 79.80W
04/14/2025                   Bath               VA   Park/Forest Srvc

            At least 5 trees blown down within Douthat
            State Park. Minor Damage to a camper trailer
            from a large limb. Minor damage to one of
            the horse stalls on one of the park
            buildings from a falling tree. Lots of small
            tree limb debris on the roads within camp
            that had to be cleaned-up.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 1:36 PM EST, 39 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
236 PM EDT Tue Apr 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     6 WSW Nimrod Hall       37.92N 79.73W
04/14/2025                   Bath               VA   Public

            Multiple trees down on Stilington Drive.

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 2:05 PM EST, 10 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Watauga

When
April 15, 2:15 PM EST
Where
Watauga forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winds increased sharply with the passage of a cold front. At Aho, gusts measured 58 mph, but with no damage noted.

High Wind, Ashe

When
April 15, 2:45 PM EST
Where
Ashe forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
36.434, -81.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winds increased sharply with the passage of a cold front. At a location two miles east-northeast of Baldwin, gusts measured 58 mph, but with no damage noted.

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 1255193, 1255191.