NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 37193MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

WILKES · NC

Lightning history

NOAA recorded 7 county-coded Lightning reports in Wilkes, NC, from 2016 through 2025, with 0 reported injuries, 0 reported fatalities, and $37K in filed damage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events details table · Complete years 2016–2025 · Compiled 16 Sep 2026

Reports7NOAA county-coded rows
Population context10.6per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 65,935
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
How to read the count

7 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.7-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

Lightning in Wilkes reports by year

NOAA recorded 7 Lightning in Wilkes reports across the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

20172
20235
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Recorded impacts for Lightning in Wilkes

The Lightning in Wilkes records contain 0 injuries, 0 fatalities, $37K in property damage, and $0 in crop damage.

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$37Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,017within selected window
Latest report year2,023within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest Lightning in Wilkes source records

NOAA supplied 7 recent Lightning in Wilkes source rows with dates, event IDs, report sources, magnitude fields, and filed damage.

Up to eight latest rows are shown for auditability. Open NOAA for complete narratives and revisions.

Latest NOAA Lightning records for Wilkes
DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2023-08-28NOAA 1,133,072911 Call Center—$10K
2023-08-26NOAA 1,133,071911 Call Center—$10K
2023-08-28NOAA 1,133,070911 Call Center—$10K
2023-08-15NOAA 1,132,961Public—$200
2023-07-09NOAA 1,118,220Law Enforcement—$1K
2017-08-17NOAA 720,191911 Call Center—$500
2017-08-17NOAA 720,190911 Call Center—$5K
05 / SAME COUNTY

Events to compare with Lightning in Wilkes

Lightning in Wilkes is accompanied by 6 other event types with dedicated NOAA report histories for Wilkes.

All Wilkes records →
Thunderstorm Wind145 reportsExplore →Hail29 reportsExplore →Flash Flood22 reportsExplore →Heavy Rain17 reportsExplore →Flood13 reportsExplore →Tornado6 reportsExplore →
READING THE RECORD

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