Storm reports for May 21, 2015

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, May 21, 2015
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 7 hail reports, 19 wind reports and 1 tornado report in 7 states on May 21, 2015.

in 7 states; 27
Storm reports: About 7 miles from Miami, FL; 1.0 in
Largest hail: About 25 miles from Wilmington, NC; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 28 miles from Wilmington, NC; 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 21, 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

Hail7, most at 2 PM

Wind19, most at 3 PM

Tornado1, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
3:13 PM	EF1	About 28 miles from Wilmington, NC	5.18 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
2:00 PM	0.75 in	About 14 miles from Miami, FL
2:37 PM	0.75 in	About 8 miles from Miami, FL
2:44 PM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Miami, FL
2:45 PM	0.75 in	About 9 miles from Miami, FL
2:54 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.65, -116.31, NV
3:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.30, -77.16, NC
3:30 PM	0.88 in	Near 35.52, -77.08, NC

Time	Gust	Where
8:30 AM	51 mph	About 48 miles from Laredo, TX
2:25 PM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Fayetteville, NC
2:26 PM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Fayetteville, NC
2:55 PM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Fayetteville, NC
3:16 PM	70 mph	About 25 miles from Wilmington, NC
3:16 PM	70 mph	About 26 miles from Wilmington, NC
3:16 PM	70 mph	About 26 miles from Wilmington, NC
3:17 PM	70 mph	About 25 miles from Wilmington, NC
3:17 PM	70 mph	About 25 miles from Wilmington, NC
3:18 PM	70 mph	About 24 miles from Wilmington, NC
3:18 PM	70 mph	About 24 miles from Wilmington, NC
3:20 PM	58 mph	About 50 miles from Fayetteville, NC

Show all 19 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
3:23 PM	70 mph	About 23 miles from Wilmington, NC
3:24 PM	70 mph	About 22 miles from Wilmington, NC
3:55 PM	63 mph	About 36 miles from Slidell, LA
4:13 PM	64 mph	About 23 miles from Wilmington, NC
4:35 PM	59 mph	About 33 miles from Deltona, FL
8:08 PM	62 mph	Near 32.85, -106.10, NM
9:53 PM	70 mph	In Yakima, WA

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
North Carolina	17	2	14	1
Florida	5	4	1	0
Louisiana	1	0	1	0
New Mexico	1	0	1	0
Nevada	1	1	0	0
Texas	1	0	1	0
Washington	1	0	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Miami, FL	1.0 in	None	0
Yakima, WA	None	70 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.