Thunderstorm Wind in Montgomery County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind May 2, 2025 · Montgomery County, North Carolina

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$20K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Over a thousand power outages were reported from trees down on power lines.

The wider storm

Isolated to scattered showers and storms developed over the western and southern portions of central North Carolina in the late afternoon and early evening. A more widespread cluster of storms developed over the southern Piedmont and tracked into the Triangle and Coastal Plain. These storms produced isolated wind damage in Montgomery and Richmond counties.

Began near Star (35.3995, -79.7800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1254541. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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