340
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.4M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Stokes County, North Carolina: 340 recorded events between 1964 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #328 nationally and #11 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Stokes County, North Carolina: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Stokes County is the 2010s, when 181 of the county's 340 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 Stokes County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 69.7% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #328 for this hazard and #11 within North Carolina, putting it in the 89.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Stokes County with 92 recorded events, while Dec 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2025 | ASBURY | 50 | $500 |
| May 29, 2025 | KING | 55 | $2K |
| May 3, 2025 | WALNUT COVE | 50 | $5K |
| Mar 5, 2025 | MEADOWS | 60 | $10K |
| Jul 23, 2024 | KING | 60 | $15K |
| Jul 5, 2024 | MOORES SPGS | 60 | $55K |
| Jul 4, 2024 | ASBURY | 55 | $4K |
| Apr 12, 2024 | MEADOWS | 50 | $500 |
| Apr 12, 2024 | HARTMAN | 50 | $500 |
| Apr 12, 2024 | LAWSONVILLE | 50 | $500 |
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
The Stokes County Emergency Manager reported that there were considerable damage to trees in and around the town of Kind. The Stokes County 911 Center reported that numerous trees and large tree limbs were down in and around the town of King. A tree was down on a building near Main Street causing $70,000 in damage alone to the structure and vehicles parked inside. Trees and/or large branches were also down on West Street, Spruce Street, and on Redwood Bend Road just outside of town. In Walnut Cove, further east, a tree was blown down on a church as reported by local broadcast media.
At least seventy trees, numerous tree limbs and several power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds. A tin outbuilding was rolled over along Horseshoe Road. Several shingles were blown off a roof along the 1300 block of Francis Road.
Thunderstorm winds blew around 50 trees down across the county. Many of these trees downed power lines as they fell. The heaviest hit part of the area was in the northeast part of the county near Sandy Ridge. Damage values are estimated.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Stokes County, North Carolina?
340 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Stokes County between 1964 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Stokes County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Stokes County measured 70.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Stokes 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 Stokes County, North Carolina.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/north-carolina/stokes-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.