01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR
EVENT FILE / 37193MINIMUM 5 REPORTS
WILKES · NC
Lightning history
NOAA records coded as Lightning in Wilkes during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.
Reports7NOAA county-coded rows
Population context10.6per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 65,935
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability
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.
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES
Impact fields on these rows
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 records in this slice
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| Date | Event ID | Source | Magnitude / scale | Filed damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-28 | NOAA 1,133,072 | 911 Call Center | — | $10K |
| 2023-08-26 | NOAA 1,133,071 | 911 Call Center | — | $10K |
| 2023-08-28 | NOAA 1,133,070 | 911 Call Center | — | $10K |
| 2023-08-15 | NOAA 1,132,961 | Public | — | $200 |
| 2023-07-09 | NOAA 1,118,220 | Law Enforcement | — | $1K |
| 2017-08-17 | NOAA 720,191 | 911 Call Center | — | $500 |
| 2017-08-17 | NOAA 720,190 | 911 Call Center | — | $5K |