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North Carolina storm reports for February 24, 2016

NOAA recorded 14 hail reports, 62 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in North Carolina on February 24, 2016.

in North Carolina
82
Storm reports
About 41 miles from Durham, NC
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 6 miles from Durham, NC
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 32 miles from Durham, NC
6
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 February 24, 2016 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

Hail14, most at 4 PM

Wind62, most at 12 PM

Tornado6, most at 12 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:57 AMEF0About 50 miles from Fayetteville, NC0.54 mi long, 150 yd wide
12:10 PMEF0About 59 miles from Raleigh, NC1.01 mi long, 75 yd wide
12:13 PMEF1About 57 miles from Fayetteville, NC0.17 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:54 PMEF0About 57 miles from Virginia Beach, VA0.48 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:00 PMEF1About 6 miles from Durham, NC0.43 mi long, 30 yd wide
3:32 PMEF2About 32 miles from Durham, NC5.07 mi long, 125 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Fayetteville, NC1.5 in58 mph0
Raleigh, NC1.5 in58 mph0
Durham, NC1.25 in81 mph1
Charlotte, NCNone58 mph0
Greensboro, NCNone58 mph0
Hickory, NCNone63 mph0
Winston-Salem, NCNone58 mph0

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