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North Carolina storm reports for October 23, 2017

NOAA recorded 23 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in North Carolina on October 23, 2017.

in North Carolina
29
Storm reports
About 12 miles from Hickory, NC
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 4 miles from Hickory, 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 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

Wind23, most at 4 PM

Tornado6, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
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
10:45 PMEF0About 29 miles from Wilmington, NC0.36 mi long, 50 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Hickory, NCNone81 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.