North Carolina storm reports for August 15, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, North Carolina, August 15, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 8 hail reports and 67 wind reports in North Carolina on August 15, 2023.

in North Carolina; 75
Storm reports: About 8 miles from Greensboro, NC; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 3 miles from Durham, NC; 72 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 August 15, 2023 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 1 PM

Wind67, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

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
3:50 PM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Raleigh, NC

Time	Gust	Where
1:18 PM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
1:46 PM	58 mph	About 50 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:18 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:20 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Charlotte, NC
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
2:28 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
2:40 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Durham, NC

Show all 67 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
2:44 PM	58 mph	About 54 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:44 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:50 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Greensboro, NC
2:52 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Greensboro, NC
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
3:05 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Charlotte, NC
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
3:17 PM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Durham, NC
3:18 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Durham, NC
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
3:28 PM	58 mph	About 3 miles from Durham, NC
3:28 PM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Durham, NC
3:33 PM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Charlotte, NC
3:33 PM	58 mph	About 6 miles from Charlotte, NC
3:36 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Durham, NC
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
3:46 PM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Raleigh, NC
3:48 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Fayetteville, NC
3:59 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:02 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:11 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:16 PM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:19 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:25 PM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:28 PM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:33 PM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:33 PM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:42 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:42 PM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Raleigh, NC
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
4:57 PM	58 mph	About 48 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:58 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Fayetteville, NC
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
5:11 PM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:25 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Fayetteville, NC
5:35 PM	58 mph	Near 35.52, -77.42, NC
5:50 PM	58 mph	About 46 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:55 PM	58 mph	About 48 miles from Fayetteville, NC
6:10 PM	58 mph	Near 35.31, -77.73, NC
6:15 PM	58 mph	Near 35.29, -77.57, NC

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Greensboro, NC	1.75 in	58 mph
Winston-Salem, NC	1.25 in	None
Raleigh, NC	1.0 in	58 mph
Charlotte, NC	None	58 mph
Durham, NC	None	72 mph

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