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Storm reports for August 7, 2023

NOAA recorded 184 hail reports, 888 wind reports and 20 tornado reports in 28 states on August 7, 2023.

in 28 states
1,092
Storm reports
About 41 miles from Richmond, VA
4.75 in
Largest hail
Near 37.65, -80.97, WV
105 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 29 miles from Utica, NY
20
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
  • 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 August 7, 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.

What happened

In the Mid-Atlantic on August 7, 2023, the most widespread wind damage was in northern Maryland.1 Near and north of Westminster in Carroll County, gusts estimated at 78 knots (90 mph) blew down thousands of trees and snapped 30 utility poles, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $20 million in property damage there.1 Around Manchester and Hampstead, trees fell onto houses and cars, several homes had minor roof, shingle and siding damage, and several barns were destroyed, with another $10 million in damage listed.2 Farther south, trees fell on homes across Charlotte, North Carolina, injuring one man, and a falling tree killed a 15-year-old in Anderson, South Carolina.3,4

At 1:17 p.m. EST, an EF2 tornado in west Knox County, Tennessee, tore off parts of roofs on homes and apartment buildings and collapsed a garage. The database lists $3.7 million in damage.5 At 6:42 p.m. EST, an EF3 tornado began a 16-mile track in Lewis County, New York, from near West Leyden to Turin, taking roofs off homes and causing complete roof failures on several buildings near Turin. The database lists $1.5 million in damage.6 The largest hail, 4.75 inches, fell near Fort A.P. Hill in Caroline County, Virginia, and hail about 4 inches across fell north of Clear Spring, Maryland.7

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1108583, thunderstorm wind, Carroll County, Maryland
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1108593, thunderstorm wind, Carroll County, Maryland
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1136766, thunderstorm wind, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1136791, thunderstorm wind, Anderson County, South Carolina
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1120634, tornado, Knox County, Tennessee
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1125496, tornado, Lewis County, New York
  7. 7. NOAA Storm Prediction Center: Storm Reports for 08/07/2023

Reports by hour

Hail184, most at 6 PM

Wind888, most at 4 PM

Tornado20, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:17 PMEF2About 12 miles from Knoxville, TN3.7 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:48 PMEF1About 33 miles from Asheville, NC6.23 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:00 PMEF1About 23 miles from Huntington, WV6.31 mi long, 400 yd wide
3:40 PMEF1About 9 miles from Hickory, NC36.23 mi long, 550 yd wide
4:02 PMEF1About 18 miles from York, PA0.52 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:07 PMEF0About 15 miles from Charlotte, NC2.05 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:13 PMEF0About 30 miles from Binghamton, NY1.4 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:17 PMEF1About 31 miles from Binghamton, NY9.71 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:24 PMEF1About 14 miles from York, PA1.53 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:35 PMNot ratedNear 39.76, -101.57, KS0.24 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:40 PMEF0About 11 miles from Lancaster, PA0.51 mi long, 40 yd wide
5:25 PMEF1About 23 miles from Binghamton, NY1.41 mi long, 200 yd wide
Show all 20 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
5:29 PMEF1About 22 miles from Binghamton, NY1.96 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:55 PMEF0About 21 miles from Utica, NY1.47 mi long, 175 yd wide
6:10 PMEF1About 12 miles from Utica, NY1.31 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:17 PMEF1About 24 miles from Utica, NY1.38 mi long, 110 yd wide
6:21 PMEF1About 4 miles from Allentown, PA0.3 mi long, 160 yd wide
6:27 PMNot ratedAbout 39 miles from Utica, NY0.85 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:37 PMEF0About 17 miles from Allentown, PA0.52 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:42 PMEF3About 29 miles from Utica, NY16 mi long, 700 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Georgia19631930
West Virginia11327860
South Carolina10921070
North Carolina862813
Kansas8567171
Maryland8314690
Pennsylvania833755
Virginia7718590
Tennessee630621
Alabama552530
Nebraska272340
New York240168
Kentucky164111
New Jersey110101
Delaware9090
Ohio9270
Colorado8710
Oklahoma7250
Texas6240
Wyoming5230
Mississippi4040
South Dakota4130
New Mexico3030
Arizona2200
District of Columbia2020
Florida2020
Utah2020
Idaho1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Hagerstown, MD4.0 in75 mph0
Huntington, WV1.5 in52 mph0
Huntsville, AL1.0 inNone0
Allentown, PANone64 mph1
Asheville, NCNone58 mph0
Atlanta, GANone71 mph0
Augusta, GANone63 mph0
Baltimore, MDNone60 mph0
Binghamton, NYNone58 mph0
Birmingham, ALNone49 mph0
Charlotte, NCNone58 mph1
Chattanooga, TNNone68 mph0
Cheyenne, WYNone58 mph0
Columbia, SCNone63 mph0
Durham, NCNone58 mph0
Fayetteville, NCNone58 mph0
Greensboro, NCNone58 mph0
Greenville, SCNone63 mph0
Hickory, NCNone81 mph1
Knoxville, TNNone60 mph1
Lancaster, PANone75 mph1
Myrtle Beach, SCNone58 mph0
Philadelphia, PANone58 mph0
Raleigh, NCNone58 mph0
Reading, PANone58 mph0
Scranton, PANone58 mph0
Spartanburg, SCNone75 mph0
Trenton, NJNone58 mph0
Utica, NYNoneNone1
Washington, DCNone75 mph0
Winston-Salem, NCNone58 mph0
York, PANone81 mph1

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