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North Carolina storm reports for May 8, 2024

NOAA recorded 13 hail reports, 40 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in North Carolina on May 8, 2024.

in North Carolina
59
Storm reports
About 21 miles from Asheville, NC
2.75 in
Largest hail
Near 35.09, -83.92, NC
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 28 miles from Hickory, NC
6
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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 8, 2024 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

Hail13, most at 12 PM

Wind40, most at 6 PM

Tornado6, most at 11 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:00 PMEF1About 28 miles from Hickory, NC21.34 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:40 PMEF1About 22 miles from Charlotte, NC8.22 mi long, 60 yd wide
10:41 PMEF1Near 35.09, -83.95, NC2.33 mi long, 40 yd wide
11:14 PMEF1About 46 miles from Asheville, NC9.38 mi long, 400 yd wide
11:16 PMEF0About 12 miles from Asheville, NC2.32 mi long, 30 yd wide
11:23 PMEF1About 42 miles from Asheville, NC1.52 mi long, 200 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Asheville, NC1.25 in58 mph1
Charlotte, NCNone58 mph0
Fayetteville, 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.