Storm reports for May 16, 2013

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, May 16, 2013
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 31 hail reports, 13 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in 12 states on May 16, 2013.

in 12 states; 48
Storm reports: Near 40.14, -102.49, CO; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 9 miles from Shreveport, LA; 105 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 21 miles from Shreveport, LA; 4
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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 16, 2013 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.

Reports by hour

Hail31, most at 3 PM

Wind13, most at 3 PM

Tornado4, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:20 PM	EF1	About 21 miles from Shreveport, LA	1.43 mi long, 500 yd wide
2:34 PM	EF1	About 15 miles from Shreveport, LA	0.42 mi long, 200 yd wide
2:39 PM	EF1	About 10 miles from Shreveport, LA	5.23 mi long, 1400 yd wide
3:05 PM	EF0	About 9 miles from Shreveport, LA	2.48 mi long, 350 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
8:15 AM	0.88 in	About 37 miles from McKinney, TX
8:35 AM	0.88 in	About 48 miles from Des Moines, IA
1:10 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.90, -102.15, CO
1:24 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.14, -102.49, CO
1:48 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.12, -102.28, CO
1:51 PM	1.0 in	Near 45.41, -67.75, ME
1:54 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.13, -102.20, CO
2:27 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.08, -102.23, CO
2:48 PM	0.75 in	Near 42.25, -97.17, NE
2:53 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.21, -97.17, NE
2:54 PM	0.88 in	About 16 miles from Dayton, OH
2:55 PM	1.25 in	In Shreveport, LA

Show all 31 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
2:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.38, -101.02, NE
2:57 PM	1.75 in	Near 44.97, -67.43, ME
2:57 PM	1.75 in	Near 45.18, -67.28, ME
3:00 PM	0.88 in	About 5 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:02 PM	0.88 in	In Shreveport, LA
3:04 PM	1.25 in	About 10 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:05 PM	1.0 in	In Shreveport, LA
3:08 PM	1.75 in	In Shreveport, LA
3:15 PM	1.5 in	About 3 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:15 PM	1.0 in	In Shreveport, LA
3:50 PM	0.75 in	Near 42.27, -96.87, NE
3:54 PM	1.0 in	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:45 PM	1.5 in	About 53 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:45 PM	0.75 in	Near 39.35, -101.72, KS
7:00 PM	0.75 in	Near 43.42, -102.18, SD
7:45 PM	0.75 in	Near 33.02, -92.72, AR
7:54 PM	0.88 in	Near 42.53, -101.83, NE
7:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.54, -101.70, NE
9:25 PM	0.75 in	Near 38.66, -100.23, KS

Time	Gust	Where
1:59 PM	60 mph	About 56 miles from Lynchburg, VA
2:10 PM	62 mph	Near 43.07, -108.45, WY
2:55 PM	70 mph	In Shreveport, LA
3:00 PM	70 mph	About 5 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:05 PM	105 mph	About 9 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:08 PM	70 mph	In Shreveport, LA
3:15 PM	70 mph	In Shreveport, LA
3:31 PM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Richmond, VA
3:45 PM	70 mph	Near 39.84, -101.96, KS
3:50 PM	60 mph	Near 42.27, -96.87, NE
4:20 PM	63 mph	About 42 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:10 PM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Richmond, VA
7:15 PM	63 mph	Near 33.22, -92.66, AR

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Louisiana	18	10	6	2
Nebraska	7	6	1	0
Colorado	5	5	0	0
Kansas	3	2	1	0
Maine	3	3	0	0
Texas	3	1	0	2
Virginia	3	0	3	0
Arkansas	2	1	1	0
Iowa	1	1	0	0
Ohio	1	1	0	0
South Dakota	1	1	0	0
Wyoming	1	0	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Shreveport, LA	1.75 in	105 mph	2

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