North Carolina, 2025

Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 12, 2025

July 12, 2025 · NWS RAH · 5 events in 2 counties and zones

Isolated thunderstorms and storm clusters developed within a warm and humid air mass, beneath weak high pressure over the area. Storms formed on multiple rain-cooled outflow boundaries and pulsed up and down quickly.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$64,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 RAH wrote it up.

Isolated thunderstorms and storm clusters developed within a warm and humid air mass, beneath weak high pressure over the area. Storms formed on multiple rain-cooled outflow boundaries and pulsed up and down quickly. A gust to 62 mph was observed at Winston-Salem.

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:19 UTC.

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Event by event

5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth

When
July 12, 3:21 PM EST
Where
Forsyth County, 1.58 mi NNE of Donnaha
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$4,000
Reported by
911 Call Center
Coordinates
36.252, -80.420

Multiple trees were reported down on Spainhour Mill Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth

When
July 12, 4:18 PM EST
Where
Forsyth County, 1.49 mi NNW of Brookwood
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
36.150, -80.240

There were reports of ten or more homes damaged from downed trees, with 20 to 30 people displaced.

Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth

When
July 12, 4:23 PM EST
Where
Forsyth County, (Int)winston-Salem A
Measured
54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
36.130, -80.220

The automated weather station at the Winston Salem airport measured a 62 mph wind gust.

Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth

When
July 12, 4:31 PM EST
Where
Forsyth County, 0.55 mi E of (Int)winston-Salem A
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
911 Call Center
Coordinates
36.131, -80.210

Several power outages were reported due to fallen trees on power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wake

When
July 12, 5:46 PM EST
Where
Wake County, 2.33 mi NNW of Asbury
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
911 Call Center
Coordinates
35.809, -78.770

Multiple trees and power lines were reported down.

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.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1276680, 1276684, 1276686, 1276682, 1276685.