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Oklahoma storm reports for May 20, 2013

NOAA recorded 29 hail reports, 22 wind reports and 15 tornado reports in Oklahoma on May 20, 2013.

in Oklahoma
66
Storm reports
Near 36.98, -96.22, OK
4.25 in
Largest hail
About 17 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF5, about 14 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
15
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.

Reports by hour

Hail29, most at 4 PM

Wind22, most at 8 PM

Tornado15, 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
4:21 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
4:40 PMEF0About 37 miles from Norman, OK1.21 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 PMEF1Near 34.45, -96.28, OK5.9 mi long, 250 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

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

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