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North Carolina storm reports for May 8, 2025

NOAA recorded 34 hail reports and 25 wind reports in North Carolina on May 8, 2025.

in North Carolina
59
Storm reports
About 33 miles from Asheville, NC
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 17 miles from Hickory, NC
63 mph
Highest gust
0
Tornado reports
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 8, 2025 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

Hail34, most at 3 PM

Wind25, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeSizeWhere
2:40 PM1.25 inAbout 17 miles from Asheville, NC
2:40 PM1.0 inAbout 17 miles from Asheville, NC
3:07 PM1.0 inAbout 9 miles from Asheville, NC
3:09 PM1.75 inAbout 33 miles from Asheville, NC
3:16 PM1.75 inAbout 5 miles from Asheville, NC
3:25 PM1.0 inAbout 26 miles from Hickory, NC
3:30 PM0.75 inAbout 24 miles from Hickory, NC
3:34 PM1.75 inAbout 10 miles from Asheville, NC
3:41 PM1.0 inAbout 22 miles from Hickory, NC
3:43 PM1.0 inAbout 31 miles from Asheville, NC
3:45 PM1.0 inAbout 17 miles from Asheville, NC
3:54 PM1.0 inAbout 32 miles from Hickory, NC
Show all 34 hail reports
TimeSizeWhere
4:01 PM1.0 inAbout 10 miles from Hickory, NC
4:03 PM0.75 inAbout 16 miles from Hickory, NC
4:05 PM1.5 inAbout 31 miles from Spartanburg, SC
4:10 PM1.0 inAbout 54 miles from Knoxville, TN
4:25 PM1.0 inAbout 36 miles from Hickory, NC
4:33 PM1.0 inAbout 20 miles from Hickory, NC
4:37 PM1.0 inAbout 27 miles from Spartanburg, SC
4:50 PM1.0 inAbout 33 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
5:01 PM1.0 inAbout 22 miles from Spartanburg, SC
5:10 PM0.88 inAbout 28 miles from Spartanburg, SC
5:18 PM1.0 inAbout 33 miles from Spartanburg, SC
5:19 PM1.0 inAbout 16 miles from Hickory, NC
5:24 PM1.0 inAbout 44 miles from Asheville, NC
5:44 PM1.25 inAbout 30 miles from Spartanburg, SC
5:46 PM1.0 inAbout 32 miles from Hickory, NC
5:51 PM1.5 inAbout 36 miles from Hickory, NC
6:00 PM1.0 inAbout 37 miles from Hickory, NC
6:08 PM1.25 inAbout 43 miles from Hickory, NC
6:14 PM1.25 inAbout 29 miles from Charlotte, NC
6:16 PM1.0 inAbout 32 miles from Spartanburg, SC
6:40 PM0.75 inAbout 27 miles from Charlotte, NC
6:45 PM1.0 inAbout 21 miles from Charlotte, NC

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Asheville, NC1.75 in58 mph0
Hickory, NC1.0 inNone0

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