North Carolina storm reports for May 15, 2024

Name: NOAA storm reports, North Carolina, May 15, 2024
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 19 hail reports and 6 wind reports in North Carolina on May 15, 2024.

in North Carolina; 25
Storm reports: About 44 miles from Wilmington, NC; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 14 miles from Hickory, NC; 58 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 May 15, 2024 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

Hail19, most at 4 PM

Wind6, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Size	Where
1:25 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Hickory, NC
2:26 PM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Hickory, NC
3:11 PM	0.75 in	About 13 miles from Hickory, NC
3:36 PM	0.75 in	About 13 miles from Charlotte, NC
4:00 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Charlotte, NC
4:25 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:27 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:35 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Fayetteville, NC
4:49 PM	1.75 in	About 39 miles from Wilmington, NC
4:57 PM	1.0 in	About 52 miles from Wilmington, NC
5:00 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from Wilmington, NC
5:11 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Wilmington, NC

Show all 19 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:17 PM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from Wilmington, NC
5:17 PM	2.0 in	About 58 miles from Wilmington, NC
5:19 PM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from Wilmington, NC
5:35 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Wilmington, NC
6:13 PM	1.75 in	About 41 miles from Fayetteville, NC
6:23 PM	2.75 in	About 44 miles from Wilmington, NC
6:40 PM	1.75 in	About 44 miles from Wilmington, NC

Time	Gust	Where
1:23 PM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Hickory, NC
2:10 PM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Hickory, NC
2:30 PM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Charlotte, NC
3:58 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Myrtle Beach, SC
6:15 PM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Fayetteville, NC
7:49 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Wilmington, NC

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Hickory, NC	1.0 in	58 mph
Charlotte, NC	0.75 in	None
Wilmington, NC	None	58 mph

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