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Thunderstorm Wind in Vance County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind May 16, 2025 · Vance County, North Carolina

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$5K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tree fell down on power lines along the 1700 block of Morgan Rd.

The wider storm

An area of low pressure tracked into the Great Lakes, pushing a cold front into the Tennessee Valley region. A surface lee trough was also in place over the western part of North Carolina. Storms developed over the lower Ohio Valley and tracked along the North Carolina and Virginia border in the early evening hours. Storms became severe with several damaging wind reports over the northeast Piedmont and northern Coastal Plain of central North Carolina.

Began near Townsville (36.4766, -78.4624).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1254879. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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