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Storm reports for May 20, 2013

NOAA recorded 159 hail reports, 256 wind reports and 38 tornado reports in 18 states on May 20, 2013.

in 18 states
453
Storm reports
Near 36.98, -96.22, OK
4.25 in
Largest hail
About 41 miles from St. Louis, MO
105 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF5, about 14 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
38
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 20, 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

One storm formed near Chickasha and produced a tornado that touched down on the west side of Newcastle at 2:56 p.m. CDT.1

The tornado tracked east-northeast across Moore and parts of south Oklahoma City for about 40 minutes and lifted near Lake Stanley Draper at 3:35 p.m. CDT.1 Its path was about 14 miles long and up to 1.1 miles wide, and the NWS rated it EF5.1 The NWS in Norman found over 300 homes with EF4 or EF5 damage along the path. It lists 24 deaths and 212 injuries from the tornado.1 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $2 billion in property damage from the tornado in Cleveland County.2

NWS surveys counted 15 tornadoes in the Norman and Tulsa forecast areas that afternoon and evening, including an EF2 near Wyandotte in Ottawa County.1 Hail 4.25 inches across fell 9 miles north of Bigheart in Osage County at 2:15 p.m. CST (3:15 p.m. CDT), and hail 3.25 inches across was reported in Yukon.3,1 A trained spotter measured an 80 mph gust near Wapanucka in Johnston County at 6:39 p.m. CDT.1

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Norman: The Tornado Outbreak of May 20, 2013
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 451572, tornado, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 453483, hail, Osage County, Oklahoma

Reports by hour

Hail159, most at 4 PM

Wind256, most at 7 PM

Tornado38, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:56 PMEF5About 14 miles from Oklahoma City, OK13.85 mi long, 1900 yd wide
2:58 PMEF0About 57 miles from Wichita Falls, TX1 mi long, 30 yd wide
3:07 PMEF1About 56 miles from Norman, OK4 mi long, 200 yd wide
3:51 PMEF1About 22 miles from Tulsa, OK6.5 mi long, 500 yd wide
4:12 PMEF0Near 37.03, -95.74, KS0.54 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:21 PMEF1About 25 miles from Tulsa, OK4.5 mi long, 400 yd wide
4:33 PMEF1About 30 miles from Tulsa, OK6 mi long, 500 yd wide
4:35 PMEF0About 59 miles from Abilene, TX1.17 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:40 PMEF0About 37 miles from Norman, OK1.21 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:50 PMEF0Near 37.47, -101.94, KS0.37 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:57 PMEF1Near 38.71, -93.39, MO14.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:05 PMEF0Near 37.51, -101.88, KS0.27 mi long, 50 yd wide
Show all 38 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
5:37 PMEF0About 43 miles from Springfield, MO3.2 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:41 PMEF0About 35 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.92 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:41 PMEF1Near 31.83, -98.79, TX3.65 mi long, 350 yd wide
5:53 PMEF0Near 37.68, -106.01, CO0.1 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:00 PMEF0Near 31.73, -98.78, TX0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:03 PMEF1Near 37.52, -94.42, MO6.81 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:25 PMEF2Near 36.81, -94.85, OK10 mi long, 800 yd wide
6:32 PMEF1About 34 miles from Fayetteville, AR2 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:32 PMEF1Near 36.81, -94.77, OK9.31 mi long, 600 yd wide
6:35 PMEF1About 33 miles from Fayetteville, AR2.5 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:40 PMEF1About 26 miles from Fayetteville, AR8 mi long, 500 yd wide
6:49 PMEF1About 24 miles from Fayetteville, AR2.9 mi long, 500 yd wide
6:49 PMEF1Near 34.45, -96.28, OK5.9 mi long, 250 yd wide
6:56 PMEF0About 55 miles from Springfield, MO0.48 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:24 PMEF1About 22 miles from Fayetteville, AR0.8 mi long, 270 yd wide
7:24 PMEF1Near 39.69, -91.45, MO1.16 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:25 PMEF0Near 31.68, -98.48, TX1.08 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:50 PMEF1About 42 miles from Springfield, MO1.42 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:05 PMEF0About 29 miles from Springfield, MO0.58 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:05 PMEF1About 28 miles from Springfield, MO1.35 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:33 PMEF0Near 35.14, -94.88, OK0.7 mi long, 260 yd wide
8:44 PMEF1Near 35.07, -94.59, OK8.5 mi long, 500 yd wide
8:46 PMEF0Near 38.33, -92.87, MO0.74 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:14 PMEF2About 41 miles from St. Louis, MO0.2 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:29 AMEF0About 31 miles from Indianapolis, IN1.05 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:34 AMEF0About 28 miles from Indianapolis, IN0.13 mi long, 30 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Missouri9436499
Oklahoma66292215
Arkansas585512
Michigan5216360
Illinois478381
Indiana331302
Texas302505
Iowa221570
Florida14590
Kansas13823
New York5140
Georgia4310
North Carolina4400
South Carolina4220
Kentucky3030
Virginia2110
Colorado1001
Tennessee1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Oklahoma City, OK3.25 inNone1
Norman, OK2.5 inNone0
Des Moines, IA1.75 in63 mph0
North Port, FL1.75 inNone0
Wichita Falls, TX1.75 inNone0
Grand Rapids, MI1.0 inNone0
Chicago, IL0.88 inNone0
Springfield, MO0.88 in60 mph0
Gainesville, FL0.75 in58 mph0
Kalamazoo, MI0.75 inNone0
Lansing, MI0.75 in60 mph0
Clarksville, TNNone60 mph0
Fayetteville, ARNone70 mph0
Flint, MINone70 mph0
Indianapolis, INNone64 mph0
Little Rock, ARNone60 mph0
Ocala, FLNone58 mph0
Peoria, ILNone60 mph0
St. Louis, MONone60 mph0
Syracuse, NYNone58 mph0
Tampa, FLNone52 mph0

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