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Storm reports for May 25, 2015

NOAA recorded 87 hail reports, 189 wind reports and 34 tornado reports in 15 states on May 25, 2015.

in 15 states
310
Storm reports
About 46 miles from Topeka, KS
4.5 in
Largest hail
Near 34.20, -95.41, OK
86 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 59 miles from McKinney, TX
34
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 25, 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

In southern Oklahoma, a tornado formed west-southwest of Blue in Bryan County at about 1:42 PM CST on May 25 and destroyed a few mobile homes, killing one person.1 It then moved north into Atoka County, where it was rated EF3, homes had significant damage and one person was injured east of Caney.2 In Milam County, Texas, an EF2 tornado that began near Pettibone at about 2:55 PM CST damaged or destroyed about 12 homes, mobile homes and farm buildings, and NOAA lists one death and six injuries from it.3 Near Poteau in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, an EF2 tornado with winds estimated at 110 to 120 mph severely damaged several homes, damaged roofs on others and destroyed at least two mobile homes, starting at about 4:48 PM CST.4

That night, from about 9:30 PM CST, heavy rain caused flash flooding in and around Houston, where water entered at least 2,585 homes and 73 commercial buildings and six people drowned.5 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $25 million in property damage from that flooding in Harris County.5

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 582549, tornado, Bryan County, Oklahoma
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 582554, tornado, Atoka County, Oklahoma
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 575884, tornado, Milam County, Texas
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 579444, tornado, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 579777, flash flood, Harris County, Texas

Reports by hour

Hail87, most at 3 PM

Wind189, most at 6 PM

Tornado34, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
8:41 AMEF0Near 33.95, -88.64, MS4.12 mi long, 70 yd wide
8:51 AMEF1Near 33.98, -88.49, MS2.51 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:00 AMEF1About 57 miles from Abilene, TX0.16 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:45 AMEF0About 39 miles from Abilene, TX1.06 mi long, 40 yd wide
10:19 AMEF0Near 33.11, -89.18, MS0.94 mi long, 25 yd wide
11:00 AMEF0About 24 miles from Miami, FL0.06 mi long, 10 yd wide
11:46 AMEF1About 25 miles from Longview, TX9.54 mi long, 201 yd wide
12:33 PMEF1About 56 miles from New Braunfels, TX2.39 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:04 PMEF0About 44 miles from Austin, TX4.85 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:41 PMEF1About 21 miles from Killeen, TX0.42 mi long, 90 yd wide
1:42 PMEF1About 20 miles from Killeen, TX1.53 mi long, 180 yd wide
2:06 PMEF1About 17 miles from Killeen, TX5.66 mi long, 600 yd wide
Show all 34 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
2:25 PMEF0About 33 miles from McKinney, TX1.71 mi long, 30 yd wide
2:42 PMEF3About 59 miles from McKinney, TX18.8 mi long, 700 yd wide
2:45 PMEF1About 3 miles from Georgetown, TX0.33 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:29 PMEF2Near 34.27, -96.09, OK8 mi long, 1000 yd wide
3:41 PMEF0About 50 miles from McKinney, TX2.43 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:55 PMEF0About 52 miles from Waco, TX0.33 mi long, 25 yd wide
3:55 PMEF2About 26 miles from Temple, TX8.88 mi long, 400 yd wide
4:06 PMEF1Near 34.54, -96.02, OK1 mi long, 400 yd wide
4:24 PMEF1About 19 miles from Austin, TX3.05 mi long, 440 yd wide
4:52 PMEF2Near 34.55, -95.22, OK13.3 mi long, 1000 yd wide
5:17 PMEF1Near 34.65, -94.86, OK6.4 mi long, 600 yd wide
5:34 PMEF1Near 34.97, -94.87, OK7.5 mi long, 250 yd wide
5:48 PMEF2Near 34.98, -94.67, OK15.5 mi long, 1700 yd wide
6:10 PMEF0About 35 miles from San Antonio, TX1.7 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:16 PMEF1About 59 miles from San Marcos, TX4.06 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:35 PMEF1About 50 miles from Little Rock, AR0.43 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:40 PMEF1About 50 miles from Little Rock, AR1.91 mi long, 250 yd wide
6:47 PMEF2About 25 miles from Tyler, TX19.45 mi long, 600 yd wide
6:57 PMEF0About 34 miles from New Braunfels, TX1.81 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:18 PMEF1About 26 miles from Longview, TX21.6 mi long, 1251 yd wide
8:12 PMEF1About 5 miles from Shreveport, LA0.43 mi long, 91 yd wide
1:22 AMEF1About 20 miles from New Orleans, LA0.37 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas131258719
Oklahoma387247
Louisiana290272
Arkansas273222
Kansas242220
Mississippi180153
Michigan100100
South Dakota9900
Missouri8710
Iowa5500
Minnesota4400
Nebraska4400
California1010
Colorado1100
Florida1001

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Pearland, TX1.75 inNone0
Sugar Land, TX1.75 in69 mph0
Austin, TX1.0 in70 mph0
Beaumont, TX1.0 inNone0
Midland, TX1.0 inNone0
Odessa, TX1.0 inNone0
Round Rock, TX1.0 in70 mph1
Sioux Falls, SD1.0 inNone0
Waco, TX1.0 inNone0
Wichita, KS1.0 inNone0
Houston, TX0.75 in69 mph0
League City, TX0.75 inNone0
Pasadena, TX0.75 inNone0
Abilene, TXNone76 mph0
Arlington, TXNone60 mph0
Baton Rouge, LANone69 mph0
Dallas, TXNone60 mph0
Georgetown, TXNoneNone1
Grand Prairie, TXNone60 mph0
Irving, TXNone60 mph0
Jackson, MSNone58 mph0
Katy, TXNone69 mph0
Longview, TXNone62 mph0
New Orleans, LANone59 mph0
Shreveport, LANone75 mph1
Wichita Falls, 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.