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North Carolina storm reports for April 12, 2020

NOAA recorded 80 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in North Carolina on April 12, 2020.

in North Carolina
83
Storm reports
About 22 miles from Fayetteville, NC
70 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 53 miles from Charlotte, 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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 12, 2020 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

Wind80, most at 6 AM

Tornado3, most at 5 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
5:32 AMEF1About 26 miles from Durham, NC4.53 mi long, 440 yd wide
5:34 AMEF2About 53 miles from Charlotte, NC0.19 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:45 AMEF1About 53 miles from Charlotte, NC8.82 mi long, 200 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Charlotte, NCNone59 mph0
Durham, NCNone58 mph0
Fayetteville, NCNone58 mph0
Greensboro, NCNone58 mph0
Hickory, NCNone58 mph0
Raleigh, NCNone63 mph0
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.