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Storm reports for May 8, 2014

NOAA recorded 75 hail reports, 56 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in 13 states on May 8, 2014.

in 13 states
139
Storm reports
About 7 miles from Des Moines, IA
2.75 in
Largest hail
About 6 miles from Dallas, TX
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 35 miles from Springfield, MO
8
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 8, 2014 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

Hail75, most at 7 PM

Wind56, most at 3 PM

Tornado8, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:45 PMEF0About 48 miles from Fayetteville, AR2.39 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:15 PMEF0About 8 miles from Dallas, TX0.46 mi long, 120 yd wide
4:10 PMEF0Near 39.08, -103.62, CO0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:27 PMEF0Near 39.05, -103.57, CO0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:51 PMEF0Near 43.96, -94.61, MN0.83 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:09 PMEF0Near 44.11, -94.38, MN2.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:10 PMEF1About 35 miles from Springfield, MO2.5 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:44 PMEF1About 59 miles from Little Rock, AR1.66 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Minnesota4022162
Iowa352870
Texas249141
Missouri9072
Illinois7160
Wisconsin7430
Kansas6510
Arkansas3021
South Dakota3300
Colorado2002
Michigan1100
New Mexico1100
Oklahoma1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Des Moines, IA2.75 in60 mph0
Temple, TX1.75 inNone0
Killeen, TX1.5 in59 mph0
Rochester, MN1.0 inNone0
Sioux Falls, SD1.0 inNone0
Carrollton, TX0.88 in90 mph0
Dallas, TX0.88 in90 mph1
Garland, TX0.88 in70 mph0
Irving, TX0.88 in90 mph1
Richardson, TX0.88 in70 mph0
Topeka, KS0.88 inNone0
Minneapolis, MN0.75 in60 mph0
Arlington, TXNoneNone1
Grand Prairie, TXNone90 mph1
Mesquite, TXNone64 mph0

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