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Thunderstorm Wind in Wake County, North Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind June 23, 2026 · Wake County, North Carolina

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$3K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trees were reported down near Winfree Lane and Stuarts Ridge Road.

The wider storm

A cold front draped along the southern Appalachians promoted isolated to scattered showers and storms in the afternoon to early evening, some of which produced damaging winds across the Piedmont of central North Carolina.

Began near Barham (35.9290, -78.4227).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1350347. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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