Storm reports for May 7, 2015

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, May 7, 2015
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 86 hail reports, 34 wind reports and 10 tornado reports in 12 states on May 7, 2015.

in 12 states; 130
Storm reports: About 52 miles from Abilene, TX; 4.5 in
Largest hail: About 18 miles from Denton, TX; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 37.60, -100.53, KS; 10
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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 7, 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

Hail86, most at 5 PM

Wind34, most at 6 PM

Tornado10, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
3:45 PM	EF0	Near 37.60, -100.68, KS	0.48 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:00 PM	EF0	Near 37.61, -100.59, KS	0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:00 PM	EF0	Near 37.62, -100.56, KS	0.19 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:01 PM	EF0	Near 37.62, -100.54, KS	0.19 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:02 PM	EF1	Near 37.60, -100.53, KS	0.24 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:59 PM	EF1	Near 37.08, -102.11, CO	0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:45 PM	EF1	About 19 miles from Denton, TX	3.37 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:36 PM	EF0	About 20 miles from Denver, CO	0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:45 PM	EF1	About 14 miles from Denton, TX	12.7 mi long, 500 yd wide
9:00 PM	EF0	About 43 miles from Fort Worth, TX	0.29 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
10:55 AM	1.0 in	Near 35.07, -99.99, OK
11:28 AM	1.0 in	Near 35.23, -99.87, OK
1:55 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.46, -92.17, MO
2:33 PM	1.75 in	About 6 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
2:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.82, -98.73, KS
2:45 PM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
2:50 PM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
2:55 PM	1.0 in	About 30 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
2:55 PM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
2:59 PM	0.88 in	About 38 miles from Omaha, NE
3:04 PM	1.25 in	About 52 miles from Lincoln, NE
3:05 PM	0.88 in	About 55 miles from Lincoln, NE

Show all 86 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
3:10 PM	1.0 in	About 44 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
3:14 PM	2.5 in	About 36 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
3:25 PM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:33 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.13, -99.72, KS
3:35 PM	0.88 in	About 31 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
3:39 PM	1.0 in	About 24 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
3:39 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.31, -97.59, OK
3:45 PM	1.25 in	About 42 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
3:45 PM	1.5 in	About 41 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:50 PM	1.0 in	About 15 miles from Merced, CA
3:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.22, -97.55, KS
4:10 PM	2.0 in	Near 37.25, -103.44, CO
4:15 PM	0.75 in	About 12 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
4:17 PM	1.75 in	Near 37.81, -100.02, KS
4:20 PM	0.75 in	About 36 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:20 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.25, -103.48, CO
4:30 PM	0.88 in	Near 42.96, -91.81, IA
4:34 PM	0.88 in	About 41 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
4:35 PM	0.75 in	About 11 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
4:40 PM	0.75 in	About 17 miles from Miami, FL
4:45 PM	1.25 in	About 41 miles from Omaha, NE
4:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.06, -99.41, KS
4:52 PM	1.5 in	Near 38.29, -99.79, KS
4:55 PM	0.75 in	Near 38.18, -99.10, KS
5:00 PM	0.88 in	Near 39.90, -96.87, KS
5:03 PM	0.88 in	Near 42.84, -91.80, IA
5:09 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.03, -100.37, KS
5:12 PM	0.75 in	About 12 miles from Miami, FL
5:13 PM	1.25 in	Near 38.12, -98.90, KS
5:24 PM	0.88 in	Near 38.82, -97.62, KS
5:32 PM	0.88 in	Near 38.86, -99.08, KS
5:34 PM	0.75 in	About 11 miles from Miami, FL
5:38 PM	0.88 in	About 45 miles from Abilene, TX
5:40 PM	0.88 in	About 14 miles from Miami, FL
5:45 PM	0.75 in	Near 38.88, -99.04, KS
5:50 PM	0.75 in	About 13 miles from Miami, FL
5:56 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
5:57 PM	1.0 in	About 47 miles from Abilene, TX
6:00 PM	0.88 in	Near 42.76, -93.36, IA
6:03 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.10, -102.01, KS
6:05 PM	1.25 in	Near 38.32, -98.44, KS
6:17 PM	1.75 in	About 50 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
6:20 PM	1.25 in	About 25 miles from Fort Worth, TX
6:24 PM	1.0 in	About 21 miles from Fort Worth, TX
6:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.88, -99.34, KS
6:35 PM	0.75 in	About 58 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
6:35 PM	2.5 in	About 22 miles from Denton, TX
6:37 PM	1.5 in	Near 38.82, -103.00, CO
6:40 PM	4.25 in	About 21 miles from Denton, TX
6:45 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Abilene, TX
6:52 PM	1.25 in	About 29 miles from Fort Worth, TX
7:05 PM	1.25 in	Near 38.76, -102.80, CO
7:07 PM	0.75 in	Near 38.55, -97.83, KS
7:32 PM	1.75 in	About 17 miles from Denton, TX
7:34 PM	0.75 in	About 8 miles from Rochester, MN
7:43 PM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Abilene, TX
7:45 PM	1.5 in	About 34 miles from Abilene, TX
7:55 PM	1.75 in	Near 38.78, -102.53, CO
8:00 PM	0.88 in	About 51 miles from Rochester, MN
8:28 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from McKinney, TX
8:51 PM	1.5 in	About 40 miles from Abilene, TX
9:06 PM	1.25 in	About 41 miles from Abilene, TX
9:08 PM	2.5 in	About 46 miles from Abilene, TX
9:15 PM	2.75 in	Near 32.27, -98.60, TX
9:15 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Denton, TX
9:20 PM	2.5 in	About 48 miles from Abilene, TX
9:33 PM	4.5 in	About 52 miles from Abilene, TX
9:41 PM	1.75 in	About 58 miles from Abilene, TX
9:47 PM	2.75 in	About 60 miles from Abilene, TX
9:47 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.98, -98.87, TX
9:52 PM	1.75 in	Near 31.93, -98.86, TX
10:05 PM	0.75 in	Near 43.04, -92.63, IA
11:25 PM	1.5 in	Near 31.88, -98.83, TX
11:40 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.82, -98.79, TX

Time	Gust	Where
2:30 PM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
3:02 PM	60 mph	About 52 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
3:10 PM	60 mph	About 45 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
3:10 PM	60 mph	About 45 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:26 PM	70 mph	Near 37.56, -100.54, KS
4:38 PM	64 mph	About 4 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
4:38 PM	63 mph	Near 42.97, -91.78, IA
4:45 PM	58 mph	Near 31.87, -91.82, LA
4:58 PM	61 mph	About 58 miles from Salt Lake City, UT
5:51 PM	62 mph	About 22 miles from Abilene, TX
5:55 PM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
5:57 PM	60 mph	About 47 miles from Abilene, TX

Show all 34 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
6:05 PM	60 mph	About 29 miles from Abilene, TX
6:06 PM	60 mph	About 34 miles from Abilene, TX
6:15 PM	60 mph	About 28 miles from Abilene, TX
6:19 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Abilene, TX
6:25 PM	60 mph	About 60 miles from Abilene, TX
6:27 PM	70 mph	About 26 miles from Abilene, TX
6:28 PM	60 mph	About 60 miles from Abilene, TX
6:37 PM	60 mph	About 29 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:38 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
6:45 PM	69 mph	About 19 miles from Denton, TX
6:45 PM	70 mph	About 32 miles from Abilene, TX
6:50 PM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Denton, TX
6:55 PM	81 mph	About 18 miles from Denton, TX
6:58 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Denton, TX
7:45 PM	49 mph	About 34 miles from Denton, TX
8:10 PM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Rochester, MN
8:28 PM	60 mph	About 51 miles from McKinney, TX
8:35 PM	60 mph	Near 43.09, -93.20, IA
8:36 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Fort Worth, TX
10:19 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Denton, TX
10:40 PM	60 mph	About 44 miles from Abilene, TX
12:25 AM	64 mph	Near 31.74, -98.95, TX

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	54	30	21	3
Kansas	23	17	1	5
Colorado	17	15	0	2
Iowa	16	10	6	0
Oklahoma	7	4	3	0
Florida	5	5	0	0
Nebraska	3	2	1	0
California	1	1	0	0
Louisiana	1	0	1	0
Minnesota	1	1	0	0
Missouri	1	1	0	0
Utah	1	0	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Colorado Springs, CO	1.75 in	None	0
Abilene, TX	1.0 in	None	0
Merced, CA	1.0 in	None	0
Miami, FL	0.88 in	None	0
Rochester, MN	0.75 in	None	0
Denton, TX	None	58 mph	1
Frisco, TX	None	58 mph	0
Lewisville, TX	None	58 mph	0
Wichita Falls, TX	None	64 mph	0

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