North Carolina storm reports for May 16, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, North Carolina, May 16, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports and 28 wind reports in North Carolina on May 16, 2025.

in North Carolina; 30
Storm reports: About 27 miles from Asheville, NC; 1.0 in
Largest hail: About 37 miles from Virginia Beach, VA; 59 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 16, 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

Hail2, most at 2 AM

Wind28, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Size	Where
2:52 AM	1.0 in	About 27 miles from Asheville, NC
3:36 AM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Asheville, NC

Time	Gust	Where
4:40 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Durham, NC
4:42 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Durham, NC
4:47 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Durham, NC
4:47 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Durham, NC
4:50 PM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Durham, NC
4:55 PM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Durham, NC
5:14 PM	58 mph	About 58 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:15 PM	58 mph	About 58 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:25 PM	58 mph	Near 36.51, -77.83, NC
5:28 PM	58 mph	Near 36.53, -77.83, NC
5:30 PM	58 mph	Near 36.48, -77.65, NC
5:33 PM	58 mph	Near 36.42, -77.60, NC

Show all 28 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
6:15 PM	58 mph	Near 36.38, -77.03, NC
6:15 PM	58 mph	Near 36.39, -77.08, NC
6:25 PM	58 mph	About 48 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
6:30 PM	58 mph	About 48 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
6:30 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
6:40 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
6:50 PM	59 mph	About 37 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
2:36 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Knoxville, TN
2:53 AM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Asheville, NC
2:55 AM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Asheville, NC
3:05 AM	58 mph	About 46 miles from Knoxville, TN
3:05 AM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Asheville, NC
3:07 AM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Asheville, NC
3:35 AM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Asheville, NC
3:55 AM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Asheville, NC
4:08 AM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Winston-Salem, NC

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Asheville, NC	None	58 mph	0

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