North Carolina storm reports for March 5, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, North Carolina, March 5, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 68 wind reports and 1 tornado report in North Carolina on March 5, 2025.

in North Carolina; 69
Storm reports: Near 35.35, -75.50, NC; 94 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 17 miles from Charlotte, NC; 1
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 tornado path

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 March 5, 2025 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

Wind68, most at 2 PM

Tornado1, most at 7 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
7:34 AM	EF1	About 17 miles from Charlotte, NC	2.25 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
6:23 AM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Hickory, NC
6:24 AM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Hickory, NC
6:29 AM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Hickory, NC
6:51 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
7:10 AM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
7:13 AM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
7:19 AM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
7:23 AM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
7:25 AM	58 mph	In Winston-Salem, NC
7:33 AM	58 mph	About 8 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
7:39 AM	69 mph	About 19 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
8:05 AM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Greensboro, NC

Show all 68 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
8:07 AM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Greensboro, NC
8:10 AM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Greensboro, NC
8:11 AM	58 mph	About 8 miles from Greensboro, NC
8:18 AM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Charlotte, NC
8:25 AM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Greensboro, NC
8:40 AM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Greensboro, NC
8:58 AM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Greensboro, NC
9:06 AM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Greensboro, NC
9:11 AM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Greensboro, NC
9:12 AM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Greensboro, NC
9:15 AM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Greensboro, NC
9:20 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Durham, NC
9:30 AM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Greensboro, NC
9:40 AM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Durham, NC
9:52 AM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Durham, NC
9:54 AM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Durham, NC
10:15 AM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Fayetteville, NC
10:30 AM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Fayetteville, NC
10:59 AM	58 mph	About 8 miles from Durham, NC
11:01 AM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Raleigh, NC
11:12 AM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Raleigh, NC
11:15 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Durham, NC
11:18 AM	58 mph	About 7 miles from Raleigh, NC
11:30 AM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Raleigh, NC
11:33 AM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Raleigh, NC
12:05 PM	58 mph	About 8 miles from Fayetteville, NC
12:45 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Raleigh, NC
12:50 PM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Raleigh, NC
1:10 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Raleigh, NC
1:15 PM	58 mph	Near 36.44, -77.65, NC
1:20 PM	58 mph	About 59 miles from Raleigh, NC
1:30 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Fayetteville, NC
1:31 PM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Raleigh, NC
1:38 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Raleigh, NC
1:40 PM	63 mph	About 39 miles from Raleigh, NC
1:41 PM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:04 PM	58 mph	About 50 miles from Wilmington, NC
2:05 PM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:10 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:11 PM	58 mph	Near 35.30, -77.60, NC
2:12 PM	58 mph	Near 35.31, -77.62, NC
2:12 PM	58 mph	Near 35.20, -77.65, NC
2:15 PM	58 mph	Near 36.02, -77.50, NC
2:15 PM	58 mph	Near 36.13, -77.42, NC
2:40 PM	58 mph	About 59 miles from Wilmington, NC
2:46 PM	58 mph	Near 34.90, -77.23, NC
2:52 PM	58 mph	Near 36.11, -77.15, NC
3:17 PM	58 mph	About 59 miles from Wilmington, NC
3:35 PM	58 mph	Near 34.86, -76.90, NC
3:35 PM	69 mph	Near 34.91, -76.88, NC
3:39 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
3:45 PM	58 mph	About 48 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
4:06 PM	64 mph	Near 34.70, -76.57, NC
4:49 PM	63 mph	Near 35.11, -75.98, NC
5:04 PM	63 mph	Near 35.24, -75.62, NC
5:18 PM	94 mph	Near 35.35, -75.50, NC

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Durham, NC	None	58 mph
Fayetteville, NC	None	58 mph
Greensboro, NC	None	58 mph
Raleigh, NC	None	58 mph
Winston-Salem, 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.