131
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
4
Direct injuries
$530K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Hoke County, North Carolina: 131 recorded events between 1965 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #1,777 nationally and #67 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Hoke County, North Carolina: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Hoke County is the 2010s, when 49 of the county's 131 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Hoke County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 56.7% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,777 for this hazard and #67 within North Carolina, putting it in the 43.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Hoke County with 34 recorded events, while Oct is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 1984 | 0 | 0 | 3 | $0 | |
| May 17, 2010 | RAEFORD MUNI ARPT | 70 | 0 | 1 | $300K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2025 | ASHMONT | 50 | $2K |
| Jun 25, 2025 | MC CAIN | 50 | $3K |
| Dec 29, 2024 | MONTROSE | 50 | $5K |
| Apr 12, 2024 | ARABIA | 50 | $1K |
| Apr 12, 2024 | ANTIOCH | 50 | $1K |
| Apr 12, 2024 | ANTIOCH | 50 | $2K |
| Apr 12, 2024 | RAEFORD | 50 | $1K |
| Apr 12, 2024 | RAEFORD | 50 | $1K |
| Aug 7, 2023 | TIMBERLAND | 50 | $10K |
| Apr 22, 2023 | ANTIOCH | 50 | $3K |
Other hazards here
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Microburst wind damage was observed as far south as Johnson Mill Road and Adcox|Road, just south of Highway 401 and as far north as Plank Road near the Fort Bragg|Military Reservation. The most significant structural damage occurred in the Willow|Trace Mobile Home Park where 44 mobile home out of 50 suffered damage. Four mobile homes were destroyed. A dozen of automobiles within the mobile home park sustained damage from fallen trees and debris. Quarter size hail was also reported to have also caused damage to the homes. One person was known to have been transported to the hospital with a possible back injury and chest pains. ||Outside of Willow Trace Mobile Home Park, 2 trees fell through 2 different apartment|units in the Midway apartment complex. A tree struck a home on Brock Road and|another tree fell through a modular unit on Dunvegan Road. Along Brock Road there|were three houses with mostly roof and shingle damage.
Rear flank downdraft winds uplifted and ripped a roof off of an outdoor building. There was also some roof damage to the primary home on the property. The downdraft winds also resulted in approximately 50 snapped pine trees in the neighboring Calloway Forest Preserve.
Trees were blown down from near Ashley Heights to Raeford and locations south of Raeford. Large trees were blown down in the Raeford city limits. About eight trees were down blocking several roads from Raeford to the northwest portion of the county. Trees were also reported blown down south of Raeford just north of the Scotland County line.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Hoke County, North Carolina?
131 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Hoke County between 1965 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Hoke County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Hoke County measured 70.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Hoke County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Hoke County, North Carolina.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/north-carolina/hoke-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.