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Storm reports for October 23, 2017

NOAA recorded 63 wind reports and 15 tornado reports in 5 states on October 23, 2017.

in 5 states
78
Storm reports
About 12 miles from Hickory, NC
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 4 miles from Spartanburg, SC
15
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 October 23, 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

Wind63, most at 4 PM

Tornado15, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:52 PMEF1About 15 miles from Spartanburg, SC12.68 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:12 PMEF2About 4 miles from Spartanburg, SC3.02 mi long, 350 yd wide
2:33 PMEF1About 14 miles from Spartanburg, SC21.83 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:36 PMEF2About 16 miles from Spartanburg, SC4.86 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:08 PMEF1About 26 miles from Hickory, NC12.34 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:37 PMEF2About 4 miles from Hickory, NC4.87 mi long, 1300 yd wide
3:44 PMEF1About 5 miles from Hickory, NC6.48 mi long, 750 yd wide
3:54 PMEF1About 13 miles from Hickory, NC8.17 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:11 PMEF1About 30 miles from Hickory, NC8.6 mi long, 275 yd wide
4:53 PMEF1About 59 miles from Winston-Salem, NC0.57 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:33 PMEF1About 37 miles from Roanoke, VA1.34 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:35 PMEF1About 36 miles from Roanoke, VA1.74 mi long, 300 yd wide
9:27 PMEF1About 10 miles from Myrtle Beach, SC0.36 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:45 PMEF0About 29 miles from Wilmington, NC0.36 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:00 AMEF0About 30 miles from Richmond, VA0.38 mi long, 75 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
North Carolina290236
South Carolina250205
Virginia210174
West Virginia2020
Georgia1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Hickory, NCNone81 mph3
Lynchburg, VANone58 mph0
Myrtle Beach, SCNoneNone1
Spartanburg, SCNone75 mph3
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.