Thunderstorm Wind — Lee, North Carolina
2025-07-16 · near Sanford, Lee, North Carolina
$10K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
Nearly 2000 customers were without power due to trees falling on power equipment.
Wider weather episode
Isolated to scattered storms developed in the afternoon across South Carolina and tracked northeast into the Southern Piedmont and Sandhills of central North Carolina in the evening, before dissipating over the central and eastern Piedmont. A few storms generated severe wind gusts.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1276925. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.