Kansas storm reports for May 16, 2015

Name: NOAA storm reports, Kansas, May 16, 2015
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 4 hail reports, 17 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Kansas on May 16, 2015.

in Kansas; 22
Storm reports: Near 37.63, -101.37, KS; 1.0 in
Largest hail: About 59 miles from Wichita, KS; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 46 miles from Topeka, KS; 1
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 16, 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

Hail4, most at 4 PM

Wind17, most at 5 PM

Tornado1, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
5:37 PM	EF1	About 46 miles from Topeka, KS	0.18 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
4:00 PM	60 mph	Near 37.63, -101.36, KS
4:04 PM	70 mph	Near 37.59, -101.36, KS
4:42 PM	64 mph	Near 37.96, -100.88, KS
4:50 PM	64 mph	Near 37.97, -100.90, KS
5:08 PM	59 mph	About 58 miles from Wichita, KS
5:10 PM	58 mph	About 57 miles from Wichita, KS
5:10 PM	75 mph	About 59 miles from Wichita, KS
5:25 PM	60 mph	Near 38.13, -96.14, KS
5:27 PM	70 mph	Near 38.13, -96.08, KS
5:30 PM	60 mph	About 51 miles from Topeka, KS
5:31 PM	75 mph	About 55 miles from Topeka, KS
5:36 PM	70 mph	About 49 miles from Topeka, KS

Show all 17 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
6:04 PM	72 mph	About 29 miles from Topeka, KS
6:30 PM	60 mph	About 5 miles from Topeka, KS
6:30 PM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Topeka, KS
11:34 PM	60 mph	About 58 miles from Kansas City, MO
12:23 AM	60 mph	Near 37.17, -95.00, KS

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Topeka, KS	0.75 in	60 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.

Time	Size	Where
4:05 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.63, -101.37, KS
4:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.96, -100.99, KS
4:47 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.93, -100.99, KS
5:36 PM	0.75 in	About 12 miles from Topeka, KS