North Carolina, 2025Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 9, 2025
July 9, 2025 · NWS RNK · 5 events in 4 counties and zones
A cold front entered the Appalachian Mountains and produced scattered severe thunderstorms across northwest North Carolina. Damaging wind gusts from these storms blew down several trees and broke several power poles.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $28,000
- 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.
A cold front entered the Appalachian Mountains and produced scattered severe thunderstorms across northwest North Carolina. Damaging wind gusts from these storms blew down several trees and broke several power poles.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkes
- When
- July 9, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkes County, 2.16 mi SE of Thurmond
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.352, -80.899
Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree near the intersection of Thurmond Road and Zephyr Mountain Park Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkes
- When
- July 9, 2:17 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkes County, 1.84 mi NW of Benham
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.319, -80.944
Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree near the intersection of Grassy Fork Road and Beaver Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Surry
- When
- July 9, 2:43 PM EST
- Where
- Surry County, 1.69 mi NE of Elkin
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.264, -80.825
Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree near the intersection of Interstate 77 and US Route 21 Bypass.
Thunderstorm Wind, Yadkin
- When
- July 9, 3:05 PM EST
- Where
- Yadkin County, 1.56 mi N of Richmond Hill
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 36.273, -80.620
Thunderstorm winds blew down multiple trees near the intersection of Robert's Rock Road and Lime Rock Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rockingham
- When
- July 9, 4:27 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, 1.56 mi ESE of Wentworth
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.388, -79.747
Thunderstorm winds blew down multiple trees and broke several power poles near the courthouse just east of Wentworth.
- 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1270376, 1270378, 1270380, 1270355, 1270446.