North Carolina, 2025Damaging 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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- 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.
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.
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.
- 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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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.