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North Carolina storm reports for May 21, 2015

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 14 wind reports and 1 tornado report in North Carolina on May 21, 2015.

in North Carolina
17
Storm reports
Near 35.30, -77.16, NC
1.0 in
Largest hail
About 25 miles from Wilmington, NC
70 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 28 miles from Wilmington, NC
1
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 May 21, 2015 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.

Reports by hour

Hail2, most at 3 PM

Wind14, most at 3 PM

Tornado1, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
3:13 PMEF1About 28 miles from Wilmington, NC5.18 mi long, 100 yd wide

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