North Carolina storm reports for May 4, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, North Carolina, May 4, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 1 hail report, 79 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in North Carolina on May 4, 2017.

in North Carolina; 83
Storm reports: Near 35.06, -77.36, NC; 1.0 in
Largest hail: About 56 miles from Wilmington, NC; 62 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 33 miles from Durham, NC; 3
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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 4, 2017 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

Hail1, most at 6 AM

Wind79, most at 2 AM

Tornado3, most at 2 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:12 AM	EF0	About 27 miles from Greensboro, NC	3.26 mi long, 375 yd wide
4:21 AM	EF1	About 33 miles from Durham, NC	1 mi long, 250 yd wide
6:27 AM	EF0	Near 36.08, -76.76, NC	11.71 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
12:10 AM	46 mph	About 4 miles from Charlotte, NC
1:08 AM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Charlotte, NC
1:25 AM	58 mph	About 46 miles from Charlotte, NC
1:30 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Charlotte, NC
1:30 AM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Charlotte, NC
1:31 AM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
1:36 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Greensboro, NC
1:36 AM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
1:44 AM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
1:45 AM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Greensboro, NC
1:45 AM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Greensboro, NC
1:48 AM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Greensboro, NC

Show all 79 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
1:50 AM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Greensboro, NC
1:50 AM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Greensboro, NC
1:53 AM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Greensboro, NC
1:53 AM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Greensboro, NC
1:53 AM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Hickory, NC
1:55 AM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Greensboro, NC
1:56 AM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Greensboro, NC
1:56 AM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Greensboro, NC
1:58 AM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Greensboro, NC
1:58 AM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Greensboro, NC
1:58 AM	58 mph	About 52 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:00 AM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:00 AM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:04 AM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:06 AM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:08 AM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:12 AM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:14 AM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:15 AM	58 mph	In Greensboro, NC
2:20 AM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:25 AM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:30 AM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:35 AM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Fayetteville, NC
2:36 AM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:37 AM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:39 AM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:40 AM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:41 AM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:42 AM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:49 AM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:50 AM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:50 AM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:55 AM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Fayetteville, NC
2:55 AM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Fayetteville, NC
2:55 AM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Fayetteville, NC
2:55 AM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Fayetteville, NC
3:00 AM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Greensboro, NC
3:20 AM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Durham, NC
3:25 AM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Durham, NC
3:30 AM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Fayetteville, NC
3:33 AM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Durham, NC
3:34 AM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Durham, NC
3:35 AM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Durham, NC
3:40 AM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Durham, NC
3:44 AM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Durham, NC
3:45 AM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Fayetteville, NC
3:45 AM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Fayetteville, NC
3:50 AM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:00 AM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Durham, NC
4:10 AM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Durham, NC
4:20 AM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:23 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:25 AM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:29 AM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Wilmington, NC
4:35 AM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:35 AM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Durham, NC
4:49 AM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:51 AM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:10 AM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:14 AM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:15 AM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:20 AM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:35 AM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:45 AM	58 mph	Near 36.42, -77.61, NC
5:50 AM	58 mph	Near 36.33, -77.59, NC
6:38 AM	62 mph	About 56 miles from Wilmington, NC
6:57 AM	58 mph	Near 34.75, -76.73, NC

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Charlotte, NC	None	46 mph
Durham, NC	None	58 mph
Fayetteville, NC	None	58 mph
Greensboro, NC	None	58 mph

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