North Carolina, 2025High 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.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
Open the live radar over this ground
- 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.
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
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 1:49 PM EST, 26 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>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
&&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).
&&
11Local 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.
&&
11Local 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.
&&
11Local 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.
&&
WPLocal storm report, Apr 15, 2:05 PM EST, 10 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>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.
- 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.
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, April 15, 2025$121,000 · 52 kt wind · 18 events
- Damaging Winds in New York, April 15, 2025$22,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, April 15, 202560 kt wind · 20 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, April 15, 202510 events
- Drought in North Carolina, April 15 to 30, 20255 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, April 15, 202550 kt wind · 5 events
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Alaska, April 15 to 17, 202579 kt wind · 3 events
- Drought in Arizona, April 15 to 30, 20253 events
- Hail in Texas, April 15, 20251 in hail · 2 events
- High Wind in West Virginia, April 15, 202551 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, April 15, 202550 kt wind · 2 events
- Drought in Florida, April 15 to 30, 20251 event
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.