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Storm reports for May 6, 2015

NOAA recorded 98 hail reports, 34 wind reports and 47 tornado reports in 9 states on May 6, 2015.

in 9 states
179
Storm reports
About 47 miles from Abilene, TX
4.5 in
Largest hail
About 18 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
82 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 26 miles from Norman, OK
47
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 6, 2015 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

Hail98, most at 5 PM

Wind34, most at 5 PM

Tornado47, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:24 PMEF0Near 38.91, -98.19, KS10.72 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:45 PMEF0About 60 miles from Norman, OK2 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:53 PMEF0About 55 miles from Norman, OK0.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:31 PMEF0Near 39.64, -98.44, KS1 mi long, 25 yd wide
3:55 PMEF2Near 39.78, -98.37, KS12.58 mi long, 350 yd wide
4:18 PMEF1Near 40.43, -98.56, NE3.87 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:33 PMEF3About 26 miles from Norman, OK10.3 mi long, 1500 yd wide
4:37 PMEF0Near 36.31, -98.25, OK0.1 mi long, 20 yd wide
4:38 PMEF1Near 40.01, -98.17, NE9.47 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:48 PMEF0About 25 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:48 PMEF2Near 39.95, -97.97, KS20.12 mi long, 400 yd wide
4:49 PMEF3About 20 miles from Wichita, KS16.48 mi long, 300 yd wide
Show all 47 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
4:54 PMEF1Near 39.75, -97.96, KS4.28 mi long, 250 yd wide
5:04 PMEF1Near 39.58, -97.95, KS3.11 mi long, 60 yd wide
5:08 PMEF1Near 39.81, -97.93, KS2.13 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:10 PMEF0Near 39.86, -97.90, KS3.15 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:15 PMEF0Near 36.45, -98.03, OK0.1 mi long, 10 yd wide
5:20 PMEF2Near 39.68, -97.90, KS36.24 mi long, 800 yd wide
5:26 PMEF0Near 40.28, -97.75, NE1.79 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:28 PMEF0Near 40.01, -97.78, NE1.04 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:33 PMEF1About 13 miles from Norman, OK1 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:38 PMEF0About 18 miles from Wichita, KS0.32 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:45 PMEF0Near 40.91, -98.44, NE0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:46 PMEF0About 11 miles from Norman, OK0.5 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:53 PMEF1About 9 miles from Norman, OK3.25 mi long, 1000 yd wide
6:33 PMEF0Near 36.09, -98.75, OK0.3 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:41 PMEF0About 42 miles from Oklahoma City, OK3.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:56 PMEF0Near 36.81, -97.95, OK0.3 mi long, 20 yd wide
7:14 PMEF3Near 39.86, -97.55, KS1.87 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:28 PMEF0Near 39.95, -97.44, KS0.01 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:35 PMEF0About 59 miles from Wichita, KS0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:38 PMEF1Near 39.71, -97.78, KS2.38 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:49 PMEF0About 21 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.5 mi long, 40 yd wide
8:11 PMEF0About 17 miles from Oklahoma City, OK3.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:33 PMEF0Near 39.54, -97.44, KS0.25 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:38 PMEF0Near 39.06, -97.71, KS0.02 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:41 PMEF3About 5 miles from Oklahoma City, OK2 mi long, 700 yd wide
8:49 PMEF2About 22 miles from Wichita Falls, TX12 mi long, 400 yd wide
8:55 PMEF0Near 39.18, -97.56, KS0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:10 PMEF0Near 39.78, -97.27, KS6.04 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:27 PMEF0Near 39.39, -97.47, KS8.8 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:37 PMEF0About 56 miles from Abilene, TX3.39 mi long, 440 yd wide
9:56 PMEF1Near 39.60, -97.33, KS4.05 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:00 PMEF0About 60 miles from Abilene, TX1.18 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:36 PMEF0Near 39.85, -97.09, KS0.25 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:49 PMEF1About 21 miles from Lincoln, NE7.67 mi long, 500 yd wide
11:00 PMEF0About 51 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.01 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kansas5027122
Texas494144
Oklahoma47201215
Nebraska15366
Virginia11470
Pennsylvania3120
Colorado2200
Maryland1010
South Dakota1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Midland, TX2.75 inNone0
Norman, OK2.0 in75 mph4
Abilene, TX1.75 inNone0
Lincoln, NE0.88 inNone0
Wichita, KS0.88 in62 mph0
Oklahoma City, OKNone70 mph1

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