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Storm reports for May 24, 2011

NOAA recorded 275 hail reports, 305 wind reports and 49 tornado reports in 16 states on May 24, 2011.

in 16 states
629
Storm reports
Near 38.47, -99.18, KS
6.0 in
Largest hail
About 30 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
151 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF5, about 44 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
49
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • 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 24, 2011 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.

What happened

Tornadoes in northern and central Oklahoma killed 11 people and injured 293 on May 24, the NWS in Norman reports.1 The strongest, rated EF5, ran 63 miles from near Hinton past El Reno and Piedmont to near Guthrie from 3:50 to 5:35 p.m. CDT and was up to 1,760 yards wide. It killed 9 people and injured 181.1 A mobile radar measured winds over 210 mph near Interstate 40, and the El Reno Mesonet station recorded a 151 mph gust.1,2 Two EF4 tornadoes crossed Grady and McClain counties. The Chickasha-Blanchard-Newcastle tornado destroyed well-built homes, some swept off their foundations, and the Washington-Goldsby tornado wiped homes off their foundations and injured 61.1

Late that night in Arkansas, a tornado rated EF4 near Etna in Franklin County destroyed well-built homes at about 11 p.m. CST, then destroyed many homes and mobile homes in Denning. Three people were killed in Franklin County.3,4 At 11:25 p.m. CST, an EF3 tornado damaged businesses and homes on the south and east sides of Clarksville. At least 150 residences in Johnson County were damaged or destroyed, and NOAA lists $13 million in property damage.5

Hail 6 inches across fell at Timken in Rush County, Kansas, at 4:21 p.m. CST.6 In Tarrant County, Texas, softball-size hail near Avondale left holes in at least one home's roof, and in Dallas County hail up to grapefruit size broke windows around Irving.7,8

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Norman: May 24, 2011 Tornado Outbreak
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 315837, tornado, Canadian County, Oklahoma
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 313004, tornado, Franklin County, Arkansas
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 313010, tornado, Franklin County, Arkansas
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 308464, tornado, Johnson County, Arkansas
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 327783, hail, Rush County, Kansas
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 309931, hail, Tarrant County, Texas
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 306259, hail, Dallas County, Texas

Reports by hour

Hail275, most at 5 PM

Wind305, most at 7 PM

Tornado49, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:35 PMEF0Near 37.42, -101.07, KS0.48 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:10 PMEF0Near 38.09, -102.53, CO0.25 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:20 PMEF3Near 36.06, -98.64, OK13.2 mi long, 880 yd wide
3:31 PMEF3About 53 miles from Oklahoma City, OK8.6 mi long, 800 yd wide
3:34 PMEF0Near 37.92, -100.54, KS0.44 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:45 PMEF0Near 38.02, -100.44, KS0.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:47 PMEF0Near 36.24, -98.51, OK0.7 mi long, 80 yd wide
3:50 PMEF5About 44 miles from Oklahoma City, OK63.1 mi long, 1760 yd wide
3:55 PMEF0About 26 miles from Kingsport, TN4.24 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:37 PMEF0About 22 miles from Oklahoma City, OK1.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:52 PMEF2Near 38.15, -98.70, KS11.81 mi long, 500 yd wide
5:06 PMEF4About 38 miles from Norman, OK33.3 mi long, 880 yd wide
Show all 49 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
5:09 PMEF1Near 38.37, -98.58, KS5.14 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:20 PMEF0Near 38.44, -99.16, KS0.64 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:26 PMEF4About 33 miles from Norman, OK23.1 mi long, 880 yd wide
5:35 PMEF0Near 38.47, -99.15, KS6.15 mi long, 1200 yd wide
5:45 PMEF0About 16 miles from Norman, OK0.7 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:46 PMEF0About 38 miles from Denton, TX0.02 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:50 PMEF2About 44 miles from Oklahoma City, OK10.4 mi long, 880 yd wide
6:01 PMEF1Near 38.15, -99.39, KS4.67 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:02 PMEF1About 11 miles from Norman, OK0.5 mi long, 40 yd wide
6:27 PMEF0Near 38.28, -99.25, KS1.32 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:36 PMEF2About 15 miles from Norman, OK2 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:40 PMEF0About 51 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.01 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:44 PMEF1About 43 miles from Tulsa, OK2.8 mi long, 440 yd wide
6:49 PMEF2About 44 miles from Tulsa, OK17 mi long, 750 yd wide
7:11 PMEF0Near 38.53, -98.68, KS0.37 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:22 PMEF0Near 38.54, -98.54, KS3.38 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:30 PMEF1Near 34.25, -96.76, OK5.5 mi long, 1200 yd wide
7:34 PMEF0About 21 miles from Denton, TX1.56 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:38 PMEF0About 20 miles from Denton, TX0.03 mi long, 30 yd wide
7:38 PMEF0About 18 miles from Fort Worth, TX0.42 mi long, 40 yd wide
7:45 PMEF0About 11 miles from Fort Worth, TX1.69 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:50 PMEF0Near 38.85, -98.48, KS0.45 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:51 PMEF2About 6 miles from Denton, TX1.52 mi long, 220 yd wide
8:23 PMEF1About 2 miles from Irving, TX1.37 mi long, 500 yd wide
8:42 PMEF2About 27 miles from Tulsa, OK10.2 mi long, 400 yd wide
9:13 PMEF2About 32 miles from Tulsa, OK4.4 mi long, 450 yd wide
9:48 PMEF1About 45 miles from Fayetteville, AR7 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:48 PMEF0About 8 miles from Mesquite, TX0.01 mi long, 30 yd wide
9:50 PMEF1Near 35.00, -95.21, OK2.5 mi long, 300 yd wide
10:06 PMEF1About 36 miles from Fayetteville, AR6 mi long, 150 yd wide
10:14 PMEF0Near 34.69, -95.04, OK1.5 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:43 PMEF0About 30 miles from Mesquite, TX0.01 mi long, 20 yd wide
10:44 PMEF2Near 34.83, -94.72, OK12 mi long, 1760 yd wide
11:37 PMEF1About 47 miles from Fayetteville, AR5.2 mi long, 800 yd wide
11:53 PMEF4About 56 miles from Fayetteville, AR45.71 mi long, 2200 yd wide
12:25 AMEF3About 57 miles from Fayetteville, AR29.01 mi long, 1430 yd wide
1:30 AMEF1About 27 miles from Springfield, MO9.27 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kansas162698112
Texas133913210
Oklahoma115425122
Virginia7012571
Missouri3518161
North Carolina2313100
Kentucky211200
Iowa195140
Tennessee14680
Illinois133100
Arkansas9252
Colorado7511
Indiana4400
Maryland2200
Nebraska1100
Wyoming1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Fort Worth, TX4.5 in81 mph1
Arlington, TX4.25 in75 mph1
Carrollton, TX4.25 in75 mph1
Dallas, TX4.25 in75 mph2
Grand Prairie, TX4.25 in75 mph1
Irving, TX4.25 in75 mph1
Garland, TX2.75 in75 mph0
Mesquite, TX2.75 in75 mph1
Plano, TX2.75 in70 mph0
Richardson, TX2.75 in75 mph0
Norman, OK2.5 in69 mph1
Frisco, TX2.0 in70 mph0
Lewisville, TX2.0 in81 mph1
McKinney, TX2.0 in70 mph0
Oklahoma City, OK1.75 in69 mph0
Austin, TX1.5 inNone0
Round Rock, TX1.5 inNone0
Denton, TX1.0 in81 mph1
Georgetown, TX1.0 inNone0
Kansas City, MO1.0 in60 mph0
Tulsa, OK1.0 in70 mph0
Virginia Beach, VA1.0 in74 mph0
Winston-Salem, NC1.0 inNone0
Allen, TX0.88 in70 mph0
Davenport, IA0.88 inNone0
Wichita, KS0.88 in64 mph0
Peoria, IL0.75 inNone0
Des Moines, IANone60 mph0
Fayetteville, ARNone60 mph0
Kingsport, TNNone58 mph0
Knoxville, TNNone58 mph0

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