Thunderstorm Wind — Duplin, North Carolina

2025-04-07 · near Faison, Duplin, North Carolina

Event narrative

The roof was partially torn off the old Piggly Wiggly in Faison. The report was via Facebook.

Wider weather episode

A cold front extending northeast to southwest across central North Carolina slowly pushed eastward through the afternoon and evening eventually pushing offshore during the overnight hours. Along and out ahead of this front, showers and thunderstorms tracked east through the afternoon, some of them severe. Damaging wind gusts occurred with some of the strongest storms.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (35.1200, -78.1400)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1247511. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.