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Storm reports for November 16, 2011

NOAA recorded 10 hail reports, 87 wind reports and 16 tornado reports in 8 states on November 16, 2011.

in 8 states
113
Storm reports
Near 31.63, -84.24, GA
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 42 miles from Columbia, SC
98 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, near 32.36, -88.09, AL
16
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on November 16, 2011 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

What happened

On November 16, 2011, a tornado touched down about 5 miles east of Linwood in Davidson County, North Carolina, at about 6:05 p.m. EST and tracked about 12.5 miles into Randolph County with winds of 90 to 135 mph, rated EF2 at its peak.1 In Davidson County, 60 homes were damaged, 25 of them destroyed, and at least 5 businesses were destroyed.1 Roofs were lifted off homes, exterior walls were blown out, and several businesses lost roofing.1 Two people died when a home slid off its foundation down an embankment, 15 were injured, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $20 million in property damage in the county.1 In Randolph County, numerous homes in one subdivision had roof and siding damage.2

An EF2 tornado that touched down near Lowrys in Chester County, South Carolina, crossed into York County at about 5:32 p.m. EST and struck the Ogden area along Highway 324, damaging about a dozen homes and rolling a mobile home about 75 yards.3 Three people were killed there and 5 were injured.3

Around midday CST, an EF1 tornado tracked 31 miles across Lee County, Alabama, heavily damaging dozens of houses and mobile homes on the west side of Auburn with falling trees, and destroying or unroofing several homes along Lake Harding.4 The database lists $4 million in property damage from that tornado in Lee County.4

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Davidson County, North Carolina, November 16, 2011
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Randolph County, North Carolina, November 16, 2011
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, York County, South Carolina, November 16, 2011
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Lee County, Alabama, November 16, 2011

Reports by hour

Hail10, most at 4 PM

Wind87, most at 7 PM

Tornado16, most at 4 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:07 AMEF2Near 32.36, -88.09, AL1.5 mi long, 600 yd wide
7:32 AMEF0About 55 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL2.75 mi long, 250 yd wide
9:00 AMEF0Near 31.90, -87.75, AL0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:08 AMEF1About 4 miles from Montgomery, AL0.88 mi long, 75 yd wide
11:52 AMEF2About 38 miles from Montgomery, AL61.51 mi long, 880 yd wide
3:25 PMEF0About 31 miles from Hickory, NC0.35 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:53 PMEF0About 3 miles from Augusta, GA1.14 mi long, 40 yd wide
4:06 PMEF0About 26 miles from Spartanburg, SC0.09 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:30 PMEF1About 35 miles from Charlotte, NC1.39 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:32 PMEF2About 33 miles from Charlotte, NC5.8 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:34 PMEF1About 18 miles from Augusta, GA6.53 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:53 PMEF0About 21 miles from Augusta, GA7.39 mi long, 70 yd wide
Show all 16 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
5:05 PMEF2About 26 miles from Winston-Salem, NC12.51 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:55 PMEF1About 48 miles from Roanoke, VA2.59 mi long, 125 yd wide
7:40 PMEF1Near 31.27, -82.44, GA0.24 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:14 PMEF0Near 36.53, -77.11, NC1.67 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Georgia477373
Alabama250205
South Carolina210174
North Carolina11353
Virginia6051
Florida1010
Louisiana1010
Tennessee1010

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Atlanta, GANone58 mph0
Augusta, GANone86 mph1
Huntsville, ALNone74 mph0
Montgomery, ALNone60 mph1
Slidell, LANone60 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.