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Storm reports for May 22, 2016

NOAA recorded 107 hail reports, 41 wind reports and 25 tornado reports in 9 states on May 22, 2016.

in 9 states
173
Storm reports
About 39 miles from Lubbock, TX
5.0 in
Largest hail
Near 47.93, -96.97, MN
105 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 32 miles from Midland, TX
25
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 22, 2016 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

Hail up to 5 inches across fell in and around Post in Garza County, Texas, late on the afternoon of May 22, 2016. Broken car windows were the only damage reported.1 About 10 miles west of Big Spring in Howard County, an EF3 tornado was on the ground from 6:13 to about 7 p.m. CDT. It tore large sections of roof from homes, and at one home it destroyed the whole roof and partly collapsed the outer walls.2 Near Garden City in Glasscock County, an EF3 and an EF2 tornado struck between 8:42 and 9:02 p.m. CDT. The EF2 rolled and destroyed a manufactured home.3,4 In Hall County, an EF2 tornado near Plaska destroyed a barn and toppled utility poles.5

Late that night, downburst winds estimated near 100 mph snapped and uprooted trees across a ten-block area of south central Grand Forks, North Dakota. In East Grand Forks, Minnesota, winds were estimated up to 105 mph.6,7

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Garza County, TX, May 22, 2016
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: EF3 tornado, Howard County, TX, May 22, 2016
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: EF3 tornado, Glasscock County, TX, May 22, 2016
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: EF2 tornado, Glasscock County, TX, May 22, 2016
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: EF2 tornado, Hall County, TX, May 22, 2016
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm wind, Grand Forks County, ND, May 22, 2016
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm wind, Polk County, MN, May 22, 2016

Reports by hour

Hail107, most at 6 PM

Wind41, most at 6 PM

Tornado25, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
5:30 PMEF0About 51 miles from Amarillo, TX0.36 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:39 PMEF1About 51 miles from Amarillo, TX1.05 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:13 PMEF3About 32 miles from Midland, TX4.01 mi long, 500 yd wide
6:30 PMEF0Near 45.93, -99.94, SD0.28 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:44 PMEF0Near 36.13, -100.98, TX2.5 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:44 PMEF2Near 34.66, -100.70, TX6.59 mi long, 600 yd wide
6:51 PMEF0About 34 miles from Midland, TX1.52 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:57 PMEF1Near 36.13, -100.93, TX1.5 mi long, 500 yd wide
7:04 PMEF1Near 36.15, -100.90, TX1.5 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:12 PMEF1Near 38.06, -101.13, KS2.82 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:15 PMEF1Near 36.15, -100.86, TX2.4 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:17 PMEF0About 38 miles from Midland, TX2.29 mi long, 100 yd wide
Show all 25 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
7:25 PMEF2Near 43.03, -100.43, SD4.64 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:29 PMEF0Near 38.14, -101.18, KS4.8 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:35 PMEF1Near 43.27, -100.05, SD0.68 mi long, 20 yd wide
7:38 PMEF0About 32 miles from Midland, TX0.49 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:49 PMNot ratedNear 36.10, -100.80, TX0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:55 PMEF2About 34 miles from Midland, TX3.05 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:10 PMEF1Near 38.26, -101.19, KS6.78 mi long, 900 yd wide
8:42 PMEF3About 35 miles from Midland, TX3.71 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:45 PMEF0Near 36.07, -100.55, TX0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:56 PMEF2About 37 miles from Midland, TX1.9 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:00 PMEF1Near 38.28, -101.02, KS6.4 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:02 PMEF0About 38 miles from Midland, TX1.4 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:10 PMEF0Near 46.85, -98.54, ND1.05 mi long, 20 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas75451317
South Dakota291883
Nebraska252230
Kansas171304
Oklahoma122100
North Dakota9351
North Carolina3300
Minnesota2020
South Carolina1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Wichita Falls, TXNone71 mph0

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