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Oklahoma storm reports for May 16, 2015

NOAA recorded 4 hail reports, 44 wind reports and 19 tornado reports in Oklahoma on May 16, 2015.

in Oklahoma
67
Storm reports
About 53 miles from Tulsa, OK
2.75 in
Largest hail
Near 34.78, -98.54, OK
98 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 13 miles from Tulsa, OK
19
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 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

Wind44, most at 11 PM

Tornado19, most at 12 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:49 PMEF1Near 35.81, -99.49, OK3.5 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:05 PMEF1Near 35.93, -99.31, OK0.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:47 PMEF0Near 35.42, -99.37, OK0.2 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:05 PMEF0About 56 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.2 mi long, 20 yd wide
6:22 PMEF1Near 36.32, -98.56, OK16 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:14 PMEF1About 57 miles from Wichita Falls, TX7.14 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:55 PMEF0About 55 miles from Norman, OK2.01 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:58 PMEF0About 38 miles from Wichita Falls, TX6 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:01 PMEF0About 53 miles from Oklahoma City, OK2.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:20 PMEF1About 49 miles from Tulsa, OK1.4 mi long, 110 yd wide
11:26 PMEF2About 13 miles from Tulsa, OK16 mi long, 1000 yd wide
11:43 PMEF2About 19 miles from Tulsa, OK9.8 mi long, 1500 yd wide
Show all 19 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
11:52 PMEF1About 26 miles from Tulsa, OK3.3 mi long, 300 yd wide
12:00 AMEF1About 32 miles from Tulsa, OK2.3 mi long, 450 yd wide
12:10 AMEF1About 42 miles from Tulsa, OK4.5 mi long, 600 yd wide
12:24 AMEF1About 58 miles from Tulsa, OK4.6 mi long, 550 yd wide
12:30 AMEF1About 58 miles from Fayetteville, AR6.7 mi long, 1100 yd wide
12:38 AMEF1About 56 miles from Fayetteville, AR11.5 mi long, 650 yd wide
12:51 AMEF1About 55 miles from Fayetteville, AR12.23 mi long, 200 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Norman, OKNone82 mph0
Oklahoma City, OKNone82 mph0
Tulsa, OKNone64 mph1

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