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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.