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Storm reports for May 19, 2013

NOAA recorded 239 hail reports, 312 wind reports and 27 tornado reports in 16 states on May 19, 2013.

in 16 states
578
Storm reports
Near 41.07, -94.83, IA
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 52 miles from Lincoln, NE
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, about 3 miles from Norman, OK
27
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 19, 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.

What happened

The National Weather Service in Norman confirmed eight tornadoes in central Oklahoma on the afternoon and evening of May 19.1 The strongest, an EF4, touched down on the east side of Norman at 6:00 PM CDT and tracked 23 miles northeast, crossing Lake Thunderbird and passing north of Shawnee, before lifting at 6:50 PM.1,2 It significantly damaged a number of homes in neighborhoods east of Lake Thunderbird in Cleveland County.2 It killed two people, one in a mobile home park and one in a vehicle, and injured 10.1 According to the Pottawatomie County undersheriff, the tornado destroyed at least three-quarters of the park's 85 homes.3

Earlier, from 4:41 to 5:24 PM CDT, an EF3 tornado tracked 21 miles from northwest of Luther to southeast of Tryon and injured four people.1 It did EF3 damage to a number of homes from just south of Carney into the southeast part of town.4 Hail estimated at 3 inches across fell on the north side of Norman, and 2.75-inch hail fell north of Luther.1

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Norman: Tornadoes of May 19, 2013
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 451505, tornado, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
  3. 3. News On 6: Families In Pottawatomie County Survey Damage After Deadly Tornado
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 451535, tornado, Lincoln County, Oklahoma

Reports by hour

Hail239, most at 5 PM

Wind312, most at 7 PM

Tornado27, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
3:10 PMEF0About 24 miles from Wichita, KS0.57 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:19 PMEF0About 19 miles from Wichita, KS0.8 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:37 PMEF2About 12 miles from Wichita, KS4.61 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:12 PMEF0About 39 miles from Wichita, KS0.42 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:22 PMEF1About 11 miles from Oklahoma City, OK4.5 mi long, 900 yd wide
4:33 PMEF1About 15 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.54 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:39 PMEF0About 46 miles from Wichita, KS0.47 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:40 PMEF0About 46 miles from Wichita, KS0.4 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:41 PMEF3About 22 miles from Oklahoma City, OK20.84 mi long, 1200 yd wide
4:46 PMEF0About 26 miles from Wichita, KS0.71 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:51 PMEF1Near 41.44, -98.36, NE0.23 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:55 PMEF1About 26 miles from Wichita, KS1.84 mi long, 60 yd wide
Show all 27 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
5:05 PMEF0Near 38.59, -97.08, KS0.46 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:17 PMEF0Near 38.61, -97.06, KS0.1 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:27 PMEF1About 56 miles from Topeka, KS9 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:59 PMEF0About 44 miles from Wichita, KS0.19 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:00 PMEF4About 3 miles from Norman, OK23 mi long, 1500 yd wide
6:32 PMEF0About 24 miles from Des Moines, IA2.08 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:40 PMEF0About 19 miles from Norman, OK2 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:45 PMEF1About 17 miles from Des Moines, IA1.43 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:47 PMEF0About 42 miles from Tulsa, OK0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:59 PMEF2About 34 miles from Norman, OK7.25 mi long, 450 yd wide
7:07 PMEF1About 19 miles from Des Moines, IA4.71 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:17 PMEF1About 44 miles from Norman, OK14.42 mi long, 700 yd wide
8:02 PMEF0About 44 miles from Davenport, IA0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:06 AMEF1About 54 miles from Springfield, MO0.5 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:23 AMEF0About 39 miles from Springfield, MO0.65 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Iowa14746983
Kansas140775112
Missouri7218522
Oklahoma493298
Nebraska352951
Illinois3215161
Wisconsin302280
Georgia284240
Minnesota191180
Tennessee14860
Florida4130
Kentucky3300
Virginia2110
Alabama1100
Arkansas1010
North Carolina1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Norman, OK3.0 inNone1
Wichita, KS2.75 in64 mph1
Davenport, IA1.75 in70 mph0
Des Moines, IA1.75 in75 mph0
Rockford, IL1.75 in69 mph0
Oklahoma City, OK1.5 in60 mph1
Knoxville, TN1.25 in58 mph0
Minneapolis, MN0.75 inNone0
Cape Coral, FLNone46 mph0
Cedar Rapids, IANone81 mph0
Kansas City, MONone68 mph0
Madison, WINone64 mph0
Rochester, MNNone63 mph0
St. Louis, MONone64 mph0
Topeka, KSNone61 mph0

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