Storm reports for August 15, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, August 15, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 14 hail reports, 190 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 12 states on August 15, 2023.

in 12 states; 206
Storm reports: About 8 miles from Greensboro, NC; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 14 miles from Columbia, SC; 87 mph
Highest gust: 2
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
Tornado and its path
Surveyed wind damage

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 wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on August 15, 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

Hail14, most at 1 PM

Wind190, most at 3 PM

Tornado2, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:35 PM	Not rated	About 4 miles from Brownsville, TX	0.04 mi long, 10 yd wide
2:50 PM	Not rated	About 31 miles from Edinburg, TX	0.05 mi long, 10 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
1:20 PM	1.0 in	About 21 miles from Durham, NC
1:25 PM	0.75 in	About 22 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
1:45 PM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Raleigh, NC
1:48 PM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
2:05 PM	1.25 in	About 11 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
2:10 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:25 PM	1.75 in	About 8 miles from Greensboro, NC
3:05 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Reading, PA
3:24 PM	1.75 in	Near 33.43, -83.27, GA
3:25 PM	1.75 in	Near 33.44, -83.27, GA
3:50 PM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:05 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.42, -75.69, MD
4:08 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Allentown, PA
5:45 PM	0.75 in	About 35 miles from Erie, PA

Time	Gust	Where
12:10 PM	40 mph	About 20 miles from Gainesville, FL
12:17 PM	40 mph	About 24 miles from Jacksonville, FL
12:39 PM	49 mph	Near 33.94, -83.39, GA
1:02 PM	58 mph	About 58 miles from Greenville, SC
1:18 PM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
1:22 PM	64 mph	Near 33.87, -83.11, GA
1:30 PM	58 mph	About 53 miles from Greenville, SC
1:42 PM	64 mph	About 44 miles from Atlanta, GA
1:44 PM	64 mph	About 43 miles from Atlanta, GA
1:46 PM	58 mph	About 50 miles from Raleigh, NC
1:50 PM	45 mph	About 29 miles from Atlanta, GA
2:00 PM	58 mph	About 48 miles from Augusta, GA

Show all 190 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
2:01 PM	49 mph	About 28 miles from Atlanta, GA
2:03 PM	49 mph	About 33 miles from Atlanta, GA
2:15 PM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Jacksonville, FL
2:18 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:20 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Charlotte, NC
2:20 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Greenville, SC
2:23 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:23 PM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:25 PM	58 mph	About 8 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:25 PM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Montgomery, AL
2:28 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:29 PM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:32 PM	58 mph	About 47 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:33 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
2:35 PM	63 mph	About 19 miles from Columbia, SC
2:38 PM	58 mph	Near 36.61, -77.58, VA
2:40 PM	58 mph	Near 36.60, -77.56, VA
2:40 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Durham, NC
2:40 PM	75 mph	About 23 miles from Columbia, SC
2:44 PM	58 mph	About 54 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:44 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:45 PM	69 mph	About 42 miles from Augusta, GA
2:50 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:50 PM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Atlanta, GA
2:51 PM	69 mph	About 50 miles from Columbia, SC
2:52 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:52 PM	60 mph	About 34 miles from Montgomery, AL
2:53 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Columbus, GA
2:54 PM	58 mph	Near 36.53, -77.53, NC
2:55 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
3:00 PM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Raleigh, NC
3:00 PM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Durham, NC
3:02 PM	52 mph	About 6 miles from Hilton Head Island, SC
3:05 PM	60 mph	About 51 miles from Richmond, VA
3:05 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Charlotte, NC
3:06 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Columbia, SC
3:07 PM	52 mph	About 17 miles from Hilton Head Island, SC
3:11 PM	60 mph	About 12 miles from Columbus, GA
3:12 PM	49 mph	About 13 miles from Columbus, GA
3:15 PM	72 mph	About 3 miles from Durham, NC
3:15 PM	58 mph	Near 36.44, -77.23, NC
3:15 PM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Durham, NC
3:16 PM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Charlotte, NC
3:17 PM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Durham, NC
3:18 PM	58 mph	Near 36.58, -77.20, VA
3:18 PM	58 mph	Near 30.80, -85.38, FL
3:18 PM	58 mph	Near 30.95, -85.40, FL
3:18 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Durham, NC
3:20 PM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Reading, PA
3:22 PM	58 mph	About 3 miles from Durham, NC
3:23 PM	58 mph	Near 36.44, -77.11, NC
3:25 PM	58 mph	In Durham, NC
3:25 PM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Columbus, GA
3:25 PM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Columbus, GA
3:28 PM	58 mph	About 3 miles from Durham, NC
3:28 PM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Durham, NC
3:30 PM	58 mph	Near 34.29, -79.77, SC
3:30 PM	63 mph	About 13 miles from Columbia, SC
3:30 PM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Columbia, SC
3:30 PM	63 mph	About 18 miles from Columbia, SC
3:30 PM	63 mph	About 13 miles from Columbia, SC
3:31 PM	87 mph	About 14 miles from Columbia, SC
3:31 PM	87 mph	About 14 miles from Columbia, SC
3:31 PM	69 mph	About 8 miles from Columbia, SC
3:33 PM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Charlotte, NC
3:33 PM	49 mph	About 60 miles from Augusta, GA
3:33 PM	58 mph	About 6 miles from Charlotte, NC
3:36 PM	59 mph	Near 30.83, -85.18, FL
3:36 PM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
3:36 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Durham, NC
3:36 PM	63 mph	About 4 miles from Columbia, SC
3:40 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Columbia, SC
3:41 PM	60 mph	About 25 miles from Slidell, LA
3:42 PM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Columbus, GA
3:43 PM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Raleigh, NC
3:43 PM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Raleigh, NC
3:45 PM	58 mph	Near 36.33, -76.98, NC
3:45 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Columbia, SC
3:46 PM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Raleigh, NC
3:46 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Montgomery, AL
3:48 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Fayetteville, NC
3:48 PM	58 mph	Near 31.48, -85.91, AL
3:48 PM	58 mph	Near 30.77, -85.23, FL
3:50 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Columbia, SC
3:51 PM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
3:51 PM	58 mph	Near 38.35, -75.77, MD
3:52 PM	58 mph	Near 38.36, -75.76, MD
3:52 PM	58 mph	Near 38.36, -75.77, MD
3:53 PM	58 mph	Near 38.37, -75.77, MD
3:53 PM	58 mph	Near 38.37, -75.76, MD
3:54 PM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Columbia, SC
3:56 PM	60 mph	Near 32.89, -83.67, GA
3:58 PM	63 mph	About 38 miles from Charlotte, NC
3:58 PM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Charlotte, NC
3:59 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:00 PM	60 mph	About 16 miles from Gulfport, MS
4:00 PM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
4:02 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:02 PM	63 mph	About 39 miles from Charlotte, NC
4:03 PM	60 mph	Near 32.78, -83.76, GA
4:04 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
4:05 PM	58 mph	Near 38.42, -75.69, MD
4:05 PM	58 mph	Near 38.42, -75.70, MD
4:08 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Columbia, SC
4:10 PM	60 mph	Near 32.81, -83.64, GA
4:11 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:15 PM	58 mph	Near 31.54, -85.25, AL
4:16 PM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:19 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:19 PM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Slidell, LA
4:23 PM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
4:24 PM	64 mph	About 34 miles from Augusta, GA
4:25 PM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:26 PM	58 mph	Near 38.56, -75.57, DE
4:27 PM	60 mph	About 50 miles from Augusta, GA
4:27 PM	60 mph	About 59 miles from Augusta, GA
4:27 PM	60 mph	About 49 miles from Augusta, GA
4:28 PM	58 mph	Near 31.49, -85.26, AL
4:28 PM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:28 PM	60 mph	About 50 miles from Augusta, GA
4:30 PM	69 mph	About 30 miles from Columbia, SC
4:30 PM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Slidell, LA
4:33 PM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:33 PM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:34 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Crestview, FL
4:34 PM	64 mph	About 52 miles from Augusta, GA
4:35 PM	60 mph	Near 32.73, -83.56, GA
4:36 PM	58 mph	Near 31.40, -84.71, GA
4:36 PM	60 mph	Near 32.75, -83.53, GA
4:38 PM	60 mph	About 45 miles from Augusta, GA
4:40 PM	49 mph	About 46 miles from Savannah, GA
4:40 PM	69 mph	About 34 miles from Columbia, SC
4:40 PM	69 mph	About 33 miles from Columbia, SC
4:41 PM	52 mph	About 50 miles from Savannah, GA
4:42 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:42 PM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:44 PM	60 mph	About 51 miles from Augusta, GA
4:45 PM	49 mph	About 45 miles from Savannah, GA
4:47 PM	60 mph	About 27 miles from Columbus, GA
4:48 PM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:51 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:55 PM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:55 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:55 PM	58 mph	Near 31.60, -84.35, GA
4:57 PM	58 mph	About 48 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:58 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:58 PM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Augusta, GA
5:00 PM	58 mph	Near 31.58, -84.36, GA
5:00 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
5:01 PM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Myrtle Beach, SC
5:02 PM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
5:05 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Fayetteville, NC
5:08 PM	64 mph	About 34 miles from Augusta, GA
5:09 PM	49 mph	About 35 miles from Hilton Head Island, SC
5:11 PM	60 mph	About 12 miles from Columbus, GA
5:11 PM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:14 PM	60 mph	About 13 miles from Columbus, GA
5:18 PM	58 mph	About 50 miles from Crestview, FL
5:24 PM	52 mph	About 38 miles from Savannah, GA
5:24 PM	52 mph	About 25 miles from Hilton Head Island, SC
5:24 PM	52 mph	About 43 miles from Savannah, GA
5:25 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Fayetteville, NC
5:25 PM	60 mph	About 4 miles from Mobile, AL
5:33 PM	58 mph	About 58 miles from Crestview, FL
5:35 PM	58 mph	Near 35.52, -77.42, NC
5:42 PM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Columbus, GA
5:42 PM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Columbus, GA
5:50 PM	58 mph	About 46 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:55 PM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Erie, PA
5:55 PM	58 mph	About 48 miles from Fayetteville, NC
6:03 PM	52 mph	About 46 miles from Savannah, GA
6:10 PM	58 mph	Near 35.31, -77.73, NC
6:13 PM	52 mph	About 35 miles from Savannah, GA
6:15 PM	58 mph	Near 35.29, -77.57, NC
6:57 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Crestview, FL
7:27 PM	52 mph	About 22 miles from Savannah, GA
8:15 PM	59 mph	About 33 miles from Crestview, FL
12:01 AM	58 mph	Near 30.84, -83.28, GA

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
North Carolina	75	8	67	0
Georgia	49	2	47	0
South Carolina	33	0	33	0
Alabama	11	0	11	0
Florida	9	0	9	0
Virginia	9	0	9	0
Maryland	8	1	7	0
Pennsylvania	5	3	2	0
Louisiana	3	0	3	0
Texas	2	0	0	2
Delaware	1	0	1	0
Mississippi	1	0	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Greensboro, NC	1.75 in	58 mph	0
Winston-Salem, NC	1.25 in	None	0
Allentown, PA	1.0 in	None	0
Raleigh, NC	1.0 in	58 mph	0
Reading, PA	1.0 in	58 mph	0
Brownsville, TX	None	None	1
Charlotte, NC	None	58 mph	0
Columbia, SC	None	87 mph	0
Columbus, GA	None	60 mph	0
Durham, NC	None	72 mph	0
Hilton Head Island, SC	None	52 mph	0
Mobile, AL	None	60 mph	0
Virginia Beach, VA	None	58 mph	0

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