Texas storm reports for May 8, 2015

Name: NOAA storm reports, Texas, May 8, 2015
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 40 hail reports, 10 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in Texas on May 8, 2015.

in Texas; 56
Storm reports: About 9 miles from Lubbock, TX; 4.5 in
Largest hail: About 42 miles from Wichita Falls, TX; 98 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 53 miles from Wichita Falls, TX; 6
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 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.

Reports by hour

Hail40, most at 9 PM

Wind10, most at 4 PM

Tornado6, 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
4:22 PM	EF0	About 57 miles from Wichita Falls, TX	0.3 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:28 PM	EF1	About 53 miles from Wichita Falls, TX	3.5 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:21 PM	EF0	About 26 miles from Wichita Falls, TX	0.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:30 PM	EF0	Near 33.38, -99.79, TX	0.19 mi long, 35 yd wide
6:22 PM	EF0	Near 33.31, -99.34, TX	0.25 mi long, 35 yd wide
6:40 PM	EF0	About 60 miles from Abilene, TX	0.19 mi long, 25 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
9:10 AM	1.75 in	About 24 miles from Lubbock, TX
10:13 AM	1.75 in	About 30 miles from Lubbock, TX
10:41 AM	1.75 in	About 38 miles from Lubbock, TX
10:56 AM	1.75 in	About 43 miles from Lubbock, TX
11:22 AM	1.5 in	Near 34.02, -100.82, TX
12:22 PM	2.5 in	Near 34.41, -100.16, TX
2:15 PM	1.0 in	About 27 miles from Lubbock, TX
2:29 PM	4.5 in	About 9 miles from Lubbock, TX
3:17 PM	1.5 in	About 37 miles from Lubbock, TX
7:05 PM	1.75 in	About 56 miles from Abilene, TX
7:10 PM	1.5 in	About 51 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
7:50 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Abilene, TX

Show all 40 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
7:59 PM	1.75 in	About 58 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
7:59 PM	1.75 in	About 58 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
8:20 PM	1.75 in	About 31 miles from Midland, TX
8:31 PM	1.75 in	About 34 miles from Midland, TX
8:55 PM	0.88 in	About 12 miles from Abilene, TX
9:16 PM	1.5 in	About 52 miles from Abilene, TX
9:26 PM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Midland, TX
9:29 PM	1.75 in	About 4 miles from Midland, TX
9:29 PM	1.25 in	About 3 miles from Midland, TX
9:32 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Midland, TX
9:38 PM	1.25 in	About 3 miles from Midland, TX
9:47 PM	2.0 in	About 11 miles from Midland, TX
9:55 PM	2.0 in	About 11 miles from Midland, TX
10:02 PM	2.5 in	About 11 miles from Midland, TX
10:23 PM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Abilene, TX
10:43 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Odessa, TX
10:45 PM	1.5 in	About 24 miles from Midland, TX
11:20 PM	1.75 in	About 53 miles from Abilene, TX
11:23 PM	1.0 in	About 41 miles from Midland, TX
11:28 PM	1.0 in	About 41 miles from Midland, TX
11:28 PM	1.5 in	About 41 miles from Midland, TX
4:45 AM	1.75 in	About 29 miles from Amarillo, TX
4:48 AM	1.5 in	About 33 miles from Amarillo, TX
5:23 AM	2.5 in	About 12 miles from Amarillo, TX
5:40 AM	1.75 in	About 9 miles from Amarillo, TX
5:40 AM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Amarillo, TX
5:46 AM	2.0 in	About 8 miles from Amarillo, TX
6:35 AM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Amarillo, TX

Time	Gust	Where
3:20 PM	70 mph	About 41 miles from Lubbock, TX
4:22 PM	66 mph	About 58 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
4:30 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Georgetown, TX
4:40 PM	98 mph	About 42 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
5:20 PM	81 mph	About 25 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
5:30 PM	60 mph	Near 33.32, -99.86, TX
5:40 PM	70 mph	Near 33.32, -99.86, TX
7:37 PM	60 mph	About 55 miles from Abilene, TX
7:44 PM	66 mph	About 45 miles from Denton, TX
7:50 PM	60 mph	About 55 miles from Abilene, TX

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Lubbock, TX	4.5 in	None
Amarillo, TX	2.5 in	None
Midland, TX	2.5 in	None
Abilene, TX	0.88 in	None

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