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Storm reports for May 10, 2015

NOAA recorded 47 hail reports, 98 wind reports and 25 tornado reports in 16 states on May 10, 2015.

in 16 states
170
Storm reports
Near 42.27, -94.73, IA
2.75 in
Largest hail
Near 33.71, -93.95, AR
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 19 miles from Tyler, TX
25
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 10, 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

An EF3 tornado began near Edom at about 7:46 PM CST on May 10 and moved north into Van, Texas.1 It crossed Interstate 20 on the southeast side of town and cut across the east side, where more than 50 homes in one housing development were damaged or destroyed.1 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists 2 deaths, 43 injuries and $40 million in property damage from this tornado.1 Earlier, at about 1:16 PM CST, an EF1 tornado near Argyle in Denton County damaged or destroyed several small buildings along US 377, and Denton County Emergency Services estimated the damage at about $3.5 million.2

In Nashville, Arkansas, an EF2 tornado at about 10:18 PM CST destroyed five mobile homes in a mobile home park on the southwest side, killing 2 people and injuring 8.3 Another 40 to 60 homes there had minor to moderate damage, mostly from fallen trees.3 In South Dakota, an EF2 tornado at about 9:34 AM CST destroyed or damaged 84 structures in and near Delmont, about 50 of them destroyed or severely damaged, and injured 9 people.4 In Iowa, an EF1 tornado that entered Calhoun County at about 6:22 PM CST damaged houses on the west side of Lake City, and hail up to 2.75 inches fell in Lake City at about 7:30 PM CST.5,6

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 570339, tornado, Van Zandt County, Texas
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 575810, tornado, Denton County, Texas
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 566748, tornado, Howard County, Arkansas
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 576975, tornado, Douglas County, South Dakota
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 565905, tornado, Calhoun County, Iowa
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 565754, hail, Calhoun County, Iowa

Reports by hour

Hail47, most at 3 PM

Wind98, most at 5 PM

Tornado25, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
9:01 AMEF1Near 34.87, -95.77, OK3.8 mi long, 240 yd wide
10:21 AMEF2Near 43.09, -98.22, SD16.16 mi long, 400 yd wide
11:15 AMEF0Near 43.49, -98.05, SD4.18 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:16 PMEF1About 6 miles from Denton, TX5.19 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:39 PMEF0About 10 miles from Denton, TX2.9 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:28 PMEF0About 25 miles from Sioux Falls, SD0.85 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:08 PMEF1About 34 miles from McKinney, TX2.6 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:45 PMEF1About 45 miles from Killeen, TX5.1 mi long, 105 yd wide
6:03 PMEF0About 30 miles from Waco, TX0.6 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:07 PMEF0About 22 miles from Mesquite, TX0.1 mi long, 20 yd wide
6:18 PMEF0Near 34.42, -95.71, OK1.7 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:34 PMEF0About 17 miles from Mesquite, TX0.05 mi long, 50 yd wide
Show all 25 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
7:10 PMEF1Near 42.15, -94.84, IA23.34 mi long, 700 yd wide
7:16 PMEF0About 40 miles from Sioux Falls, SD0.35 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:18 PMEF2Near 34.76, -95.31, OK15 mi long, 880 yd wide
7:20 PMEF0About 37 miles from Waco, TX1.42 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:46 PMEF0Near 34.97, -95.10, OK3.7 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:14 PMEF0Near 42.52, -94.58, IA1.03 mi long, 400 yd wide
8:46 PMEF3About 19 miles from Tyler, TX10.22 mi long, 700 yd wide
9:19 PMEF1About 27 miles from Tyler, TX1.44 mi long, 440 yd wide
10:50 PMEF1About 26 miles from Tyler, TX1.09 mi long, 450 yd wide
11:18 PMEF2Near 33.93, -93.87, AR6.7 mi long, 400 yd wide
11:25 PMEF0About 34 miles from Longview, TX0.28 mi long, 172 yd wide
11:28 PMEF0About 36 miles from Longview, TX2.64 mi long, 345 yd wide
1:34 AMEF1About 29 miles from Tyler, TX1.39 mi long, 76 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas53112814
Oklahoma266164
South Dakota161303
Iowa13283
Arkansas11191
Illinois111100
Nebraska9450
Missouri8170
New York6420
Vermont5050
Indiana4220
New Hampshire3030
Georgia2110
Florida1100
Kansas1010
North Carolina1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Dallas, TX1.0 inNone0
Garland, TX1.0 inNone0
Mesquite, TX1.0 inNone0
Plano, TX1.0 inNone0
Richardson, TX1.0 inNone0
Denton, TXNoneNone2
Frisco, TXNoneNone1
Lewisville, TXNoneNone1
Omaha, NENone60 mph0
St. Louis, MONone60 mph0
Tyler, 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.