North Carolina storm reports for August 3, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, North Carolina, August 3, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 13 tornado reports in North Carolina on August 3, 2020.

in North Carolina; 13
Storm reports: Highest rating EF3, near 35.89, -76.89, NC; 13
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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.

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 August 3, 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

Tornado13, most at 11 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:55 PM	EF2	About 25 miles from Wilmington, NC	8.3 mi long, 80 yd wide
7:15 PM	EF1	About 26 miles from Wilmington, NC	0.27 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:15 PM	EF0	About 19 miles from Wilmington, NC	1.6 mi long, 20 yd wide
7:43 PM	EF1	About 7 miles from Wilmington, NC	2.59 mi long, 30 yd wide
8:59 PM	EF1	About 5 miles from Wilmington, NC	1.48 mi long, 40 yd wide
10:23 PM	EF1	Near 35.02, -76.90, NC	2.33 mi long, 40 yd wide
11:02 PM	EF1	Near 35.78, -76.91, NC	0.17 mi long, 40 yd wide
11:18 PM	EF1	Near 35.46, -76.90, NC	0.19 mi long, 70 yd wide
11:48 PM	EF1	Near 35.64, -76.80, NC	0.08 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:50 PM	EF1	Near 35.43, -76.73, NC	0.71 mi long, 180 yd wide
12:15 AM	EF3	Near 35.89, -76.89, NC	10 mi long, 600 yd wide
1:11 AM	EF0	Near 36.35, -77.09, NC	5 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:37 AM	EF0	About 54 miles from Virginia Beach, VA	3 mi long, 50 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Wilmington, NC	None	None	2

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