Storm reports for October 8, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, October 8, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 2 wind reports and 13 tornado reports in 3 states on October 8, 2017.

in 3 states; 15
Storm reports: About 21 miles from Asheville, NC; 63 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 23 miles from Greenville, SC; 13
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 October 8, 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

Wind2, most at 2 PM

Tornado13, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
3:08 PM	EF1	About 42 miles from Greenville, SC	12 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:16 PM	EF1	About 19 miles from Spartanburg, SC	0.07 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:20 PM	EF1	About 50 miles from Greenville, SC	2.6 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:36 PM	EF2	About 23 miles from Greenville, SC	8.42 mi long, 300 yd wide
3:40 PM	EF2	About 30 miles from Spartanburg, SC	22.28 mi long, 200 yd wide
3:54 PM	EF0	About 29 miles from Hickory, NC	13.46 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:34 PM	EF0	About 19 miles from Spartanburg, SC	0.21 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:34 PM	EF1	About 12 miles from Hickory, NC	2.19 mi long, 250 yd wide
4:37 PM	EF1	About 24 miles from Spartanburg, SC	1.38 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:40 PM	EF1	About 25 miles from Spartanburg, SC	0.63 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:51 PM	EF0	About 11 miles from Hickory, NC	2.42 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:01 PM	EF1	About 12 miles from Hickory, NC	6.71 mi long, 400 yd wide
5:45 PM	EF1	About 33 miles from Hickory, NC	7.08 mi long, 300 yd wide

By state

State	Reports	Wind	Tornado
North Carolina	7	1	6
South Carolina	7	0	7
Georgia	1	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Hickory, NC	None	None	3

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

Time	Gust	Where
2:24 PM	58 mph	Near 34.51, -83.35, GA
5:02 PM	63 mph	About 21 miles from Asheville, NC