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North Carolina storm reports for April 15, 2018

NOAA recorded 5 hail reports, 49 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in North Carolina on April 15, 2018.

in North Carolina
57
Storm reports
About 11 miles from Charlotte, NC
2.0 in
Largest hail
About 21 miles from Charlotte, NC
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 5 miles from Greensboro, NC
3
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.

Reports by hour

Hail5, most at 1 PM

Wind49, most at 2 PM

Tornado3, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
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
9:35 PMEF1About 13 miles from Raleigh, NC0.74 mi long, 100 yd wide

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
Durham, NCNone58 mph0
Fayetteville, NCNone69 mph0
Greensboro, NCNoneNone1
Hickory, NCNone58 mph0
Raleigh, NCNoneNone1

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