North Carolina storm reports for May 5, 2025

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

NOAA recorded 16 hail reports, 7 wind reports and 1 tornado report in North Carolina on May 5, 2025.

in North Carolina; 24
Storm reports: Near 35.56, -77.15, NC; 1.75 in
Largest hail: Near 35.55, -77.16, NC; 63 mph
Highest gust: 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 May 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

Hail16, most at 1 PM

Wind7, most at 7 PM

Tornado1, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:18 PM	Not rated	Near 35.79, -76.92, NC	0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
11:07 AM	0.75 in	About 5 miles from Durham, NC
1:08 PM	0.75 in	About 53 miles from Raleigh, NC
1:12 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Raleigh, NC
1:17 PM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Raleigh, NC
1:20 PM	1.25 in	About 51 miles from Raleigh, NC
1:24 PM	0.75 in	About 12 miles from Raleigh, NC
1:38 PM	0.75 in	About 7 miles from Raleigh, NC
1:40 PM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:19 PM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:21 PM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:23 PM	0.88 in	About 44 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:27 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.50, -77.31, NC

Show all 16 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
2:38 PM	1.25 in	Near 35.46, -77.27, NC
2:52 PM	1.5 in	Near 35.55, -77.17, NC
2:56 PM	1.75 in	Near 35.56, -77.15, NC
3:06 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.60, -77.11, NC

Time	Gust	Where
12:15 PM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Durham, NC
1:26 PM	58 mph	About 50 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:52 PM	63 mph	Near 35.55, -77.16, NC
4:05 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Raleigh, NC
7:30 PM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
7:32 PM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
8:01 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Virginia Beach, VA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Raleigh, NC	1.0 in	None	0
Durham, NC	0.75 in	None	0

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