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North Carolina storm reports for March 18, 2021

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 4 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in North Carolina on March 18, 2021.

in North Carolina
9
Storm reports
About 44 miles from Hickory, NC
1.0 in
Largest hail
Near 36.49, -77.60, NC
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 15 miles from Greensboro, NC
3
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • 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 March 18, 2021 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

Hail2, most at 4 PM

Wind4, most at 4 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
4:01 PMEF1About 15 miles from Greensboro, NC2.63 mi long, 500 yd wide
4:38 PMEF1About 16 miles from Greensboro, NC2.52 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:04 PMEF1About 24 miles from Durham, NC4.25 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, NCNone58 mph0
Greensboro, NCNoneNone1

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