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North Carolina storm reports for August 17, 2021

NOAA recorded 11 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in North Carolina on August 17, 2021.

in North Carolina
14
Storm reports
About 40 miles from Hickory, NC
63 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 17 miles from Hickory, 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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on August 17, 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

Wind11, most at 11 PM

Tornado3, most at 10 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:15 AMEF1About 17 miles from Hickory, NC5.09 mi long, 200 yd wide
11:54 AMEF0About 34 miles from Hickory, NC0.74 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:11 PMEF0About 37 miles from Hickory, NC0.68 mi long, 75 yd wide

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