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North Carolina storm reports for May 16, 2023

NOAA recorded 11 hail reports and 39 wind reports in North Carolina on May 16, 2023.

in North Carolina
50
Storm reports
About 23 miles from Hickory, NC
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 23 miles from Hickory, NC
86 mph
Highest gust
0
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; 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
  • Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 16, 2023 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. 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

Hail11, most at 6 PM

Wind39, most at 8 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeSizeWhere
4:20 PM0.75 inAbout 32 miles from Hickory, NC
5:04 PM1.75 inAbout 23 miles from Hickory, NC
5:20 PM1.25 inAbout 23 miles from Hickory, NC
5:30 PM1.0 inAbout 21 miles from Hickory, NC
6:00 PM1.0 inAbout 24 miles from Hickory, NC
6:10 PM1.25 inAbout 32 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
6:16 PM1.0 inAbout 19 miles from Charlotte, NC
6:51 PM1.0 inAbout 2 miles from Charlotte, NC
6:56 PM1.0 inAbout 37 miles from Hickory, NC
7:22 PM1.25 inAbout 36 miles from Durham, NC
9:30 PM0.88 inAbout 18 miles from Charlotte, NC

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Charlotte, NC1.0 in58 mph0
Asheville, NCNone58 mph0
Greensboro, NCNone58 mph0
Raleigh, NCNone58 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.