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North Carolina storm reports for May 24, 2017

NOAA recorded 21 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in North Carolina on May 24, 2017.

in North Carolina
25
Storm reports
About 29 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
69 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 31 miles from Hickory, NC
4
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 24, 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

Wind21, most at 4 PM

Tornado4, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:26 PMEF0About 28 miles from Hickory, NC1.13 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:41 PMEF2About 31 miles from Hickory, NC3.2 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:14 PMEF2About 21 miles from Winston-Salem, NC5.94 mi long, 225 yd wide
3:52 PMEF2About 15 miles from Winston-Salem, NC16.1 mi long, 700 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Charlotte, NCNone58 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.