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Texas storm reports for May 7, 2015

NOAA recorded 30 hail reports, 21 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in Texas on May 7, 2015.

in Texas
54
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, about 19 miles from Denton, TX
3
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 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

Hail30, most at 9 PM

Wind21, most at 6 PM

Tornado3, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
6:45 PMEF1About 19 miles from Denton, TX3.37 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:45 PMEF1About 14 miles from Denton, TX12.7 mi long, 500 yd wide
9:00 PMEF0About 43 miles from Fort Worth, TX0.29 mi long, 50 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Abilene, TX1.0 inNone0
Denton, TXNone58 mph1
Frisco, TXNone58 mph0
Lewisville, TXNone58 mph0
Wichita Falls, 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.