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

Tornado history

NOAA recorded 6 county-coded Tornado reports in Wilkes, NC, from 2016 through 2025, with 1 reported injuries, 0 reported fatalities, and $1.5M in filed damage.

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

Reports6NOAA county-coded rows
Population context9.1per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 65,935
Injuries1direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
How to read the count

6 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.6-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

Tornado in Wilkes reports by year

NOAA recorded 6 Tornado in Wilkes reports across the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

20172
20212
20242
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Recorded impacts for Tornado in Wilkes

The Tornado in Wilkes records contain 1 injuries, 0 fatalities, $1.5M 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$1.5Mnot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,017within selected window
Latest report year2,024within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest Tornado in Wilkes source records

NOAA supplied 6 recent Tornado 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 Tornado records for Wilkes
DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2024-09-26NOAA 1,211,185NWS Storm SurveyEF1$15K
2024-04-11NOAA 1,170,760NWS Storm SurveyEF1$250K
2021-08-17NOAA 980,806NWS Storm SurveyEF0$85K
2021-08-17NOAA 980,800NWS Storm SurveyEF0$15K
2017-10-23NOAA 724,809NWS Storm SurveyEF1$1.0M
2017-10-08NOAA 723,703NWS Storm SurveyEF1$100K
READING THE RECORD

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