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Texas storm reports for December 26, 2015

NOAA recorded 7 hail reports, 9 wind reports and 12 tornado reports in Texas on December 26, 2015.

in Texas
28
Storm reports
Near 33.98, -99.72, TX
1.0 in
Largest hail
About 18 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
105 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, about 3 miles from Mesquite, TX
12
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 December 26, 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 1 PM

Wind9, most at 12 AM

Tornado12, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:03 PMEF0About 32 miles from Waco, TX2.76 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:44 PMEF0About 40 miles from Tyler, TX0.9 mi long, 40 yd wide
3:38 PMEF0About 47 miles from Tyler, TX0.69 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:10 PMEF0About 33 miles from Waco, TX1.6 mi long, 80 yd wide
5:33 PMEF0About 52 miles from Tyler, TX0.36 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:43 PMEF0About 24 miles from Grand Prairie, TX1.58 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:01 PMEF3About 16 miles from Grand Prairie, TX8.52 mi long, 125 yd wide
6:46 PMEF4About 3 miles from Mesquite, TX13.04 mi long, 550 yd wide
7:00 PMEF0About 26 miles from Mesquite, TX5.08 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:09 PMEF2About 14 miles from Allen, TX5.29 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:17 PMEF1About 16 miles from McKinney, TX4.47 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:33 PMEF1About 19 miles from McKinney, TX5.21 mi long, 100 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Abilene, TX0.88 in58 mph0
Allen, TXNone55 mph1
Dallas, TXNoneNone1
Frisco, TXNone55 mph0
Garland, TXNoneNone1
McKinney, TXNone55 mph0
Mesquite, TXNoneNone1
Plano, TXNone55 mph0
Richardson, TXNone55 mph1
San Angelo, TXNone60 mph0

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