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Storm reports for March 28, 2017

NOAA recorded 73 hail reports, 103 wind reports and 20 tornado reports in 4 states on March 28, 2017.

in 4 states
196
Storm reports
About 47 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
2.69 in
Largest hail
About 30 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
96 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 35 miles from Midland, TX
20
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 March 28, 2017 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

Early on March 29, an EF1 tornado in Lewisville did severe damage to about 10 homes, tearing off parts of 5 roofs and blowing out windows, and also damaged several businesses and government buildings. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $600,000 in property damage.1 An EF0 tornado through north Fort Worth and Haslet damaged about 50 roofs in housing developments along and north of Timberland Boulevard.2 Winds estimated at 80 mph destroyed at least four roofs in Keller, an off-duty NWS employee measured an 83 mph gust in north Fort Worth, and Mansfield emergency management measured 85 mph.3,4,5 Wind also badly damaged homes in northern Rockwall and damaged 12 homes in Combine.6,7

Earlier, on the evening of March 28, wind blew roofs off on the south end of Colorado City in West Texas.8

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 680327, tornado, Denton County, Texas
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 680325, tornado, Tarrant County, Texas
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 690158, thunderstorm wind, Tarrant County, Texas
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 690159, thunderstorm wind, Tarrant County, Texas
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 685739, thunderstorm wind, Tarrant County, Texas
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 685934, thunderstorm wind, Rockwall County, Texas
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 685946, thunderstorm wind, Kaufman County, Texas
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 681483, thunderstorm wind, Mitchell County, Texas

Reports by hour

Hail73, most at 3 PM

Wind103, most at 2 AM

Tornado20, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:26 PMNot ratedAbout 40 miles from Lubbock, TX2.47 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:34 PMNot ratedAbout 42 miles from Lubbock, TX2.07 mi long, 400 yd wide
4:36 PMEF0About 39 miles from Abilene, TX0.07 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:52 PMEF0About 12 miles from Abilene, TX0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:14 PMNot ratedAbout 52 miles from Lubbock, TX1.02 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:17 PMNot ratedAbout 52 miles from Lubbock, TX0.61 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:33 PMEF0About 16 miles from Abilene, TX4.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:57 PMEF0Near 34.89, -100.27, TX3.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:03 PMEF0About 30 miles from Abilene, TX4.68 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:34 PMEF1Near 33.60, -100.54, TX0.7 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:43 PMNot ratedNear 33.65, -100.57, TX1.91 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:49 PMNot ratedNear 33.67, -100.51, TX1.4 mi long, 50 yd wide
Show all 20 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
7:13 PMNot ratedAbout 60 miles from Wichita Falls, TX3 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:21 PMEF0About 32 miles from Midland, TX5.82 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:28 PMEF2About 35 miles from Midland, TX1.79 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:50 PMEF0About 51 miles from San Angelo, TX4.53 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:08 AMEF0About 10 miles from Fort Worth, TX6.48 mi long, 200 yd wide
2:10 AMEF0About 6 miles from Fort Worth, TX11.37 mi long, 500 yd wide
2:31 AMEF1About 3 miles from Lewisville, TX1.62 mi long, 130 yd wide
5:38 AMEF1About 2 miles from Longview, TX5.97 mi long, 480 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas176649220
Oklahoma133100
North Carolina6510
Kansas1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Midland, TX2.5 inNone0
Odessa, TX1.5 inNone0
Lubbock, TX1.25 inNone0
Allen, TX1.0 in75 mph0
Carrollton, TX1.0 in75 mph1
Denton, TX1.0 in62 mph1
Frisco, TX1.0 in75 mph1
Garland, TX1.0 in86 mph0
Lewisville, TX1.0 in75 mph1
McKinney, TX1.0 in75 mph0
Plano, TX1.0 in81 mph0
Richardson, TX1.0 in81 mph0
Amarillo, TX0.8 inNone0
Abilene, TXNoneNone1
Arlington, TXNone85 mph0
Dallas, TXNone81 mph0
Fort Worth, TXNone83 mph2
Grand Prairie, TXNone85 mph0
Irving, TXNone69 mph1
Longview, TXNone60 mph1
Mesquite, TXNone81 mph0
Norman, OKNone64 mph0
San Angelo, TXNone63 mph0

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