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Storm reports for May 31, 2013

NOAA recorded 159 hail reports, 186 wind reports and 36 tornado reports in 14 states on May 31, 2013.

in 14 states
381
Storm reports
About 26 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
5.9 in
Largest hail
About 12 miles from St. Louis, MO
100 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 33 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
36
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 31, 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

On May 31, an EF3 tornado formed southwest of El Reno, Oklahoma, at 5:03 PM CST and stayed on the ground until 5:42 PM, growing to 2.6 miles wide.1 It passed just south of El Reno, damaging numerous homes and a few businesses, killed eight people, all in vehicles, and injured 26.1,2 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists hail as large as 5.9 inches in El Reno as the tornado formed.3 Flash flooding in Oklahoma County later that evening killed 13 more people.1

At 6:50 PM CST, an EF3 tornado with winds up to 150 mph touched down southwest of Weldon Spring in St. Charles County, Missouri, and tracked 31.8 miles east-northeast across the St. Louis area.4 In St. Charles County it damaged 765 homes, destroying 8 and badly damaging 34. Another 348 businesses had minor damage and 25 had major damage.4 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $50 million in property damage there, with 8 minor injuries.4 In the Riverport area of St. Louis County, EF2 winds tore off roofing and siding and blew out windows, and the database lists $10 million in damage there.5

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Norman: The May 31-June 1, 2013 Tornado and Flash Flooding Event
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 453682, tornado, Canadian County, Oklahoma
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 543879, hail, Canadian County, Oklahoma
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 462224, tornado, St. Charles County, Missouri
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 462423, tornado, St. Louis County, Missouri

Reports by hour

Hail159, most at 5 PM

Wind186, most at 7 PM

Tornado36, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:53 PMEF0Near 48.42, -97.31, ND0.1 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:17 PMEF0Near 48.44, -97.32, ND2.25 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:18 PMEF0Near 37.23, -95.77, KS0.42 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:35 PMEF0About 47 miles from Oklahoma City, OK1 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:55 PMEF0About 34 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.35 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:03 PMEF3About 33 miles from Oklahoma City, OK16.2 mi long, 4576 yd wide
6:09 PMEF0About 60 miles from Rochester, MN0.18 mi long, 10 yd wide
6:12 PMEF0About 28 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.5 mi long, 120 yd wide
6:13 PMEF0About 28 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.5 mi long, 350 yd wide
6:18 PMEF0About 57 miles from Tulsa, OK0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:20 PMEF0Near 38.94, -91.52, MO0.53 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:21 PMEF0Near 38.94, -91.50, MO0.21 mi long, 30 yd wide
Show all 36 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
6:28 PMEF0Near 38.94, -91.46, MO1.06 mi long, 40 yd wide
6:29 PMEF2About 19 miles from Oklahoma City, OK5 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:30 PMEF1About 51 miles from Tulsa, OK2.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:38 PMEF1About 58 miles from Tulsa, OK1.2 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:51 PMEF1About 10 miles from Oklahoma City, OK5.71 mi long, 600 yd wide
6:55 PMEF0About 25 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.47 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:21 PMEF0Near 36.99, -95.43, OK1.1 mi long, 310 yd wide
7:30 PMEF0Near 40.54, -87.20, IN0.5 mi long, 20 yd wide
7:35 PMEF0About 5 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:37 PMEF1About 46 miles from St. Louis, MO9.98 mi long, 550 yd wide
7:42 PMEF1About 10 miles from Oklahoma City, OK1 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:45 PMEF0About 19 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:50 PMEF3About 27 miles from St. Louis, MO31.71 mi long, 1760 yd wide
7:53 PMEF1About 5 miles from Oklahoma City, OK1.13 mi long, 300 yd wide
8:01 PMEF1About 31 miles from St. Louis, MO12.41 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:21 PMEF1About 33 miles from Tulsa, OK3.5 mi long, 320 yd wide
8:27 PMEF1About 35 miles from Tulsa, OK4.8 mi long, 350 yd wide
8:27 PMEF3About 13 miles from St. Louis, MO10.64 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:49 PMEF2About 41 miles from St. Louis, MO1.47 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:02 PMEF1About 57 miles from St. Louis, MO4.26 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:03 PMEF1Near 39.86, -88.99, IL1.99 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:23 PMEF1About 49 miles from Fayetteville, AR1.8 mi long, 500 yd wide
11:24 PMEF1Near 40.02, -87.60, IL0.49 mi long, 70 yd wide
1:54 AMEF1About 28 miles from Fayetteville, AR1 mi long, 250 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Oklahoma103374719
Missouri5526227
Illinois502444
Minnesota373610
Wisconsin343400
Kansas231391
Ohio230230
Indiana180171
Iowa121011
Arkansas10091
Maine6060
Michigan6150
Kentucky2020
North Dakota2002

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Norman, OK1.75 in87 mph1
Oklahoma City, OK1.75 in96 mph4
Rochester, MN1.75 inNone0
Minneapolis, MN1.25 inNone0
St. Louis, MO1.0 in100 mph1
Duluth, MN0.75 inNone0
Cincinnati, OHNone58 mph0
Cleveland, OHNone58 mph0
Dayton, OHNone59 mph0
Detroit, MINone58 mph0
Fayetteville, ARNone75 mph0
Peoria, ILNone60 mph0
Springfield, MONone60 mph0

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