North Carolina, 2025Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 19, 2025
June 19, 2025 · NWS GSP · 5 events in 4 counties and zones
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed across the North Carolina Piedmont and foothills throughout the afternoon into the evening. A few of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $106,000
- 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 to scattered thunderstorms developed across the North Carolina Piedmont and foothills throughout the afternoon into the evening. A few of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts. Slow storm movement resulted in torrential rainfall rates which led to flash flooding in Caldwell County.
Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell
- When
- June 19, 2:27 PM EST
- Where
- Caldwell County, 0.89 mi NE of Valmead to 1.81 mi ESE of Warrior
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.940, -81.540
County comms reported a few trees blown down along Indian Grave Rd. Utility company reported a tree down on power lines and causing an outage closer to Lenoir.
Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell
- When
- June 19, 3:09 PM EST to 3:16 PM EST
- Where
- Iredell County, 0.56 mi SSW of New Hope to 1.08 mi E of Union Grove
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 36.022, -80.972
Fire dept and the public reported multiple trees blown down across northwest Iredell County, roughly paralleling the Highway 901 corridor from Linneys Mills Rd to Union Grove Rd. One structure was damaged by a fallen tree.
Flash Flood, Caldwell
- When
- June 19, 3:15 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Caldwell County, 1.54 mi ESE of Warrior to 1.07 mi ENE of Valmead
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 35.959, -81.546
Multiple sources reported flash flooding developed on the north side of Lenoir after 2 to 4 inches of rain fell over the area in less than two hours. The main impacts were to Blair Fork and its tributaries. Blair Fork overflowed its bans and inundated multiple roads, including Main St NW and Valway Rd, where water was up to car doors. Multiple water rescues were reported along Blair Fork. Water from a tributary inundated portions of Indian Grave Rd and Bill Tuttle Rd, where water entered a mobile home. Zacks Fork Creek also reportedly overflowed its banks onto a section of Zacks Fork Rd.
Thunderstorm Wind, Catawba
- When
- June 19, 6:38 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba County, 1.66 mi ESE of Propst Xrds to 2.94 mi ENE of Plateau
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 35.625, -81.351
Fire dept reported several trees and power lines blown down in the Rhoney and Blackburn communities, including on Whitener Rd, Highway 10, and Rhoney School Rd.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- June 19, 8:38 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 1.12 mi W of Pumpkin Center
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -81.170
Public reported (via Social Media) several large tree limbs snapped, one of which fell on and damaged a fence.
- 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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 19, 2025$1.5 million · 70 kt wind · 78 events
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 19, 2025$1.4 million · 65 kt wind · 69 events
- Wildfire in Utah, June 19 to 27, 2025$35 million · 1 event
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 19, 20251 injured · $226,000 · 54 kt wind · 89 events
- Heat in Nevada, June 19, 20251 death · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, June 19, 2025$800,000 · EF1 · 15 events
- Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, June 19, 2025$1.7 million · 65 kt wind · 7 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 19, 2025$161,000 · 50 kt wind · 44 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 19, 2025$1.0 million · 2.5 in hail · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 19, 2025$94,000 · 61 kt wind · 20 events
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 19, 20252 injured · 62 kt wind · 40 events
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: 1277817, 1277821, 1277850, 1277818, 1277801.