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Storm reports for April 15, 2018

NOAA recorded 14 hail reports, 234 wind reports and 18 tornado reports in 8 states on April 15, 2018.

in 8 states
266
Storm reports
About 47 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
2.5 in
Largest hail
About 20 miles from Columbia, SC
110 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 6 miles from Lynchburg, VA
18
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 15, 2018 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.

What happened

On April 15, 2018, an EF2 tornado touched down near Interstate 40 in Greensboro, North Carolina, at 4:07 p.m. EST and tracked about 16 miles north across Guilford County.1 Its strongest winds, about 135 mph, hit the Hampton community, where homes were pushed off their foundations, many lost most or all of their roofs, and three portable classroom buildings at an elementary school were destroyed.1 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $65 million in property damage in Guilford County and one indirect death.1 The tornado went on for 17.6 miles through Rockingham County, damaging at least 20 homes and farms, destroying a house and two mobile homes, and injuring 7 people.2,3

In Virginia, a tornado touched down near Timberlake in Campbell County at 7:00 p.m. EDT and tracked 25.8 miles through Lynchburg into Amherst County, injuring 12 people. It peaked at EF3 with 150 mph winds in Elon.3 It damaged 332 buildings in Lynchburg, 34 of which were condemned, and 166 homes around Elon.4,5 The database lists $9.6 million in property damage in Lynchburg, $6.1 million in Campbell County and $4.3 million in Amherst County.4,6,5 An EF1 tornado crossed the Westover area of Danville, causing minor roof damage to many homes. The database lists $2.6 million in damage in Danville.7,3

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 754019, tornado, Guilford County, North Carolina
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 748581, tornado, Rockingham County, North Carolina
  3. 3. NWS Blacksburg: The April 15th, 2018 Tornadoes Event Summary
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 748629, tornado, Lynchburg (city), Virginia
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 748630, tornado, Amherst County, Virginia
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 748628, tornado, Campbell County, Virginia
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 748593, tornado, Danville (city), Virginia

Reports by hour

Hail14, most at 2 PM

Wind234, most at 1 PM

Tornado18, most at 1 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:55 AMEF1About 43 miles from Tallahassee, FL0.46 mi long, 31 yd wide
1:03 PMEF2About 28 miles from Columbia, SC2.98 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:15 PMEF0About 18 miles from Columbia, SC0.43 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:16 PMEF1About 16 miles from Columbia, SC2.33 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:46 PMEF1About 26 miles from Columbia, SC4.18 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:58 PMEF0About 18 miles from Charlotte, NC1.07 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:12 PMEF0About 20 miles from Tampa, FL0.2 mi long, 20 yd wide
4:03 PMEF1About 18 miles from Roanoke, VA0.5 mi long, 150 yd wide
4:07 PMEF2About 5 miles from Greensboro, NC32.75 mi long, 500 yd wide
4:51 PMEF1About 34 miles from Greensboro, NC16.4 mi long, 175 yd wide
5:10 PMEF1About 17 miles from Roanoke, VA0.7 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:16 PMEF1About 5 miles from Akron, OH0.12 mi long, 25 yd wide
Show all 18 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
5:56 PMEF1About 15 miles from Lynchburg, VA1.7 mi long, 400 yd wide
6:00 PMEF3About 6 miles from Lynchburg, VA20.4 mi long, 600 yd wide
6:38 PMEF0About 23 miles from Lynchburg, VA1.5 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:12 PMEF0About 57 miles from Miami, FL0.23 mi long, 20 yd wide
7:12 PMEF1About 58 miles from Miami, FL0.88 mi long, 60 yd wide
9:35 PMEF1About 13 miles from Raleigh, NC0.74 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
South Carolina693615
North Carolina575493
Florida561523
Virginia515415
Georgia280271
Ohio3021
Maryland1010
West Virginia1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Charlotte, NC2.0 in69 mph0
Winston-Salem, NC1.25 in58 mph0
Akron, OHNoneNone1
Augusta, GANone63 mph0
Charleston, SCNone69 mph0
Columbia, SCNone74 mph0
Deltona, FLNone60 mph0
Durham, NCNone58 mph0
Fayetteville, NCNone69 mph0
Greensboro, NCNoneNone1
Hickory, NCNone58 mph0
Jacksonville, FLNone58 mph0
Lynchburg, VANoneNone2
Ocala, FLNone58 mph0
Orlando, FLNone55 mph0
Raleigh, NCNoneNone1
Roanoke, VANone58 mph0
Spartanburg, SCNone58 mph0
Tallahassee, FLNone58 mph0
Virginia Beach, VANone66 mph0

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