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Storm reports for May 8, 2015

NOAA recorded 74 hail reports, 39 wind reports and 11 tornado reports in 7 states on May 8, 2015.

in 7 states
124
Storm reports
About 9 miles from Lubbock, TX
4.5 in
Largest hail
About 24 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
100 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 53 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
11
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, 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.

What happened

Hail up to golf ball size fell on Plainview, Texas, starting at about 9:56 AM CST on May 8, and damaged homes, businesses and vehicles across the city.1 The worst damage was in newly built homes on the southwest side of Plainview, where every home would need a new roof.1 That afternoon, starting at about 1:29 PM CST, hail fell across south-central and southeast Lubbock County, reaching softball size, 4.5 inches across, in Slaton.2 Homes, businesses and vehicles were damaged from 2 miles east of Woodrow to Ransom Canyon, and strong winds in Slaton threw gravel that broke dozens of windows in cars and buildings.2 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $300 million in property damage from the Plainview hail and $200 million from the Lubbock County hail.1,2

In Oklahoma, grapefruit size hail, 4 inches across, damaged homes and vehicles near Bearden in Okfuskee County at about 6:55 PM CST.3

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 567048, hail, Hale County, Texas
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 567053, hail, Lubbock County, Texas
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 578013, hail, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

Reports by hour

Hail74, most at 5 PM

Wind39, most at 4 PM

Tornado11, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:22 PMEF0About 57 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.3 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:28 PMEF1About 53 miles from Wichita Falls, TX3.5 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:21 PMEF0About 26 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:30 PMEF0Near 33.38, -99.79, TX0.19 mi long, 35 yd wide
6:04 PMEF0About 19 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:16 PMEF0About 19 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:22 PMEF0Near 33.31, -99.34, TX0.25 mi long, 35 yd wide
6:40 PMEF0About 30 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:40 PMEF0About 60 miles from Abilene, TX0.19 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:08 PMEF0About 36 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:12 PMEF0Near 37.90, -103.58, CO0.82 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas5640106
Oklahoma4825194
Colorado9711
Illinois4040
Indiana4040
New Mexico2200
Kentucky1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Lubbock, TX4.5 inNone0
Amarillo, TX2.5 inNone0
Midland, TX2.5 inNone0
Norman, OK2.5 in70 mph0
Oklahoma City, OK1.75 inNone0
Abilene, TX0.88 inNone0
Colorado Springs, CO0.75 inNone0

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