North Carolina storm reports for May 21, 2022

Name: NOAA storm reports, North Carolina, May 21, 2022
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 8 hail reports and 16 wind reports in North Carolina on May 21, 2022.

in North Carolina; 24
Storm reports: About 29 miles from Charlotte, NC; 1.25 in
Largest hail: About 38 miles from Fayetteville, NC; 58 mph
Highest gust: 0
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 21, 2022 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail8, most at 2 PM

Wind16, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Size	Where
1:10 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Asheville, NC
1:17 PM	0.88 in	About 40 miles from Hickory, NC
2:28 PM	0.88 in	About 15 miles from Charlotte, NC
2:35 PM	0.75 in	About 52 miles from Kingsport, TN
2:53 PM	1.25 in	About 29 miles from Charlotte, NC
4:07 PM	0.88 in	About 11 miles from Durham, NC
4:22 PM	1.0 in	About 26 miles from Durham, NC
4:27 PM	1.0 in	About 10 miles from Durham, NC

Time	Gust	Where
2:33 PM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Fayetteville, NC
2:36 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Fayetteville, NC
2:58 PM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Charlotte, NC
3:00 PM	58 mph	About 46 miles from Fayetteville, NC
3:04 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Fayetteville, NC
3:55 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:18 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Durham, NC
4:30 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
4:40 PM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
4:45 PM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
4:59 PM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:00 PM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Winston-Salem, NC

Show all 16 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
5:00 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
5:08 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
5:45 PM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Durham, NC
9:18 PM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Asheville, NC

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Durham, NC	1.0 in	None
Raleigh, NC	1.0 in	58 mph
Charlotte, NC	0.88 in	None
Winston-Salem, NC	None	58 mph

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