Storm reports for May 3, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, May 3, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 98 hail reports, 46 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 5 states on May 3, 2017.

in 5 states; 146
Storm reports: About 46 miles from Lafayette, LA; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 22 miles from Lafayette, LA; 115 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 32 miles from Longview, TX; 2
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 3, 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.

Reports by hour

Hail98, most at 3 PM

Wind46, most at 5 PM

Tornado2, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:14 PM	EF1	About 32 miles from Longview, TX	8.37 mi long, 1500 yd wide
5:31 PM	EF0	Near 31.33, -94.72, TX	5.74 mi long, 300 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
7:30 AM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Beaumont, TX
7:33 AM	0.75 in	About 13 miles from Tulsa, OK
8:00 AM	1.0 in	Near 34.39, -94.93, OK
8:08 AM	1.0 in	About 29 miles from Lake Charles, LA
8:10 AM	1.75 in	About 29 miles from Lake Charles, LA
8:33 AM	0.88 in	Near 35.19, -94.79, OK
8:41 AM	1.75 in	About 54 miles from Lake Charles, LA
8:43 AM	1.0 in	Near 35.05, -94.62, OK
8:44 AM	1.75 in	About 54 miles from Lake Charles, LA
8:49 AM	2.75 in	About 46 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:53 AM	1.0 in	Near 35.05, -94.62, OK
8:56 AM	1.75 in	Near 30.97, -92.58, LA

Show all 98 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
9:05 AM	2.0 in	Near 31.05, -92.52, LA
9:05 AM	2.75 in	Near 31.05, -92.49, LA
9:25 AM	0.75 in	About 54 miles from Fayetteville, AR
9:45 AM	1.0 in	Near 34.95, -95.08, OK
9:50 AM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from New Orleans, LA
9:56 AM	1.25 in	Near 30.97, -92.58, LA
10:21 AM	1.0 in	In Lake Charles, LA
10:30 AM	1.75 in	About 30 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:35 AM	1.0 in	In Lake Charles, LA
11:05 AM	1.75 in	About 40 miles from Lafayette, LA
11:08 AM	1.0 in	About 31 miles from Little Rock, AR
12:10 PM	0.88 in	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
12:20 PM	1.75 in	About 42 miles from Lafayette, LA
12:24 PM	1.75 in	About 43 miles from Lafayette, LA
12:40 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
12:51 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
1:05 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
1:08 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
1:09 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
1:11 PM	1.0 in	About 17 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
1:12 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
1:12 PM	1.0 in	About 37 miles from Waco, TX
1:54 PM	0.88 in	Near 31.17, -94.79, TX
2:01 PM	1.0 in	About 30 miles from Mesquite, TX
2:19 PM	1.25 in	About 20 miles from Waco, TX
2:29 PM	1.25 in	About 38 miles from Mesquite, TX
2:30 PM	1.75 in	About 18 miles from Waco, TX
2:30 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Waco, TX
2:34 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Tyler, TX
2:39 PM	1.25 in	About 20 miles from Waco, TX
2:40 PM	1.25 in	About 16 miles from Waco, TX
2:53 PM	1.5 in	About 31 miles from Waco, TX
2:54 PM	1.25 in	About 23 miles from Waco, TX
2:58 PM	1.0 in	About 23 miles from Waco, TX
3:06 PM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Tyler, TX
3:12 PM	1.0 in	About 17 miles from Tyler, TX
3:14 PM	1.75 in	About 18 miles from Tyler, TX
3:14 PM	1.25 in	About 10 miles from Tyler, TX
3:15 PM	1.25 in	About 10 miles from Tyler, TX
3:15 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Waco, TX
3:27 PM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Tyler, TX
3:27 PM	1.75 in	About 8 miles from Tyler, TX
3:29 PM	1.75 in	About 42 miles from Waco, TX
3:31 PM	1.75 in	In Tyler, TX
3:32 PM	1.75 in	About 39 miles from Waco, TX
3:32 PM	1.25 in	About 16 miles from Tyler, TX
3:32 PM	1.0 in	In Tyler, TX
3:36 PM	2.5 in	In Tyler, TX
3:39 PM	1.0 in	About 41 miles from Waco, TX
3:39 PM	0.75 in	About 8 miles from Tyler, TX
3:40 PM	1.0 in	In Tyler, TX
3:42 PM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Tyler, TX
3:45 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Waco, TX
3:51 PM	1.5 in	About 7 miles from Tyler, TX
3:57 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Longview, TX
4:02 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Longview, TX
4:05 PM	1.0 in	About 24 miles from Tyler, TX
4:10 PM	2.0 in	About 25 miles from Longview, TX
4:22 PM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from College Station, TX
4:25 PM	0.88 in	About 44 miles from Tyler, TX
4:30 PM	0.75 in	About 9 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:30 PM	1.25 in	About 44 miles from Tyler, TX
4:39 PM	0.75 in	Near 31.33, -94.73, TX
4:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.36, -95.33, TX
5:01 PM	1.75 in	Near 31.45, -95.86, TX
5:15 PM	0.88 in	About 15 miles from Tampa, FL
5:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.56, -94.68, TX
5:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.35, -94.73, TX
5:35 PM	1.75 in	About 36 miles from College Station, TX
5:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.36, -94.42, TX
5:40 PM	0.88 in	About 36 miles from College Station, TX
5:43 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.37, -94.71, TX
5:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.28, -94.58, TX
5:53 PM	0.88 in	Near 31.39, -94.44, TX
5:54 PM	0.88 in	Near 34.44, -100.23, TX
6:00 PM	1.75 in	About 24 miles from College Station, TX
6:29 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from College Station, TX
6:37 PM	0.88 in	About 21 miles from College Station, TX
6:50 PM	1.0 in	About 21 miles from College Station, TX
6:53 PM	0.88 in	About 46 miles from College Station, TX
7:04 PM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from College Station, TX
7:15 PM	1.0 in	About 53 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
7:15 PM	1.75 in	About 52 miles from College Station, TX
7:30 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from San Antonio, TX
7:35 PM	1.25 in	About 44 miles from College Station, TX
7:45 PM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from Beaumont, TX

Time	Gust	Where
7:23 AM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Beaumont, TX
7:37 AM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Beaumont, TX
8:10 AM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Lake Charles, LA
8:50 AM	58 mph	About 46 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:07 AM	60 mph	About 59 miles from Fayetteville, AR
9:15 AM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Fayetteville, AR
10:50 AM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Lake Charles, LA
11:00 AM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Lafayette, LA
12:53 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Lafayette, LA
1:58 PM	69 mph	About 57 miles from New Orleans, LA
2:03 PM	69 mph	About 46 miles from New Orleans, LA
3:44 PM	62 mph	About 12 miles from Tyler, TX

Show all 46 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
3:51 PM	62 mph	About 11 miles from Tyler, TX
3:54 PM	62 mph	About 14 miles from Tyler, TX
4:30 PM	75 mph	About 28 miles from Longview, TX
4:30 PM	81 mph	About 36 miles from Longview, TX
4:33 PM	81 mph	About 34 miles from Longview, TX
4:40 PM	70 mph	About 47 miles from Longview, TX
4:42 PM	70 mph	About 46 miles from Longview, TX
4:43 PM	70 mph	About 49 miles from Longview, TX
5:00 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:00 PM	60 mph	About 26 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:10 PM	60 mph	About 52 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:18 PM	62 mph	Near 31.62, -94.65, TX
5:34 PM	63 mph	Near 31.27, -94.72, TX
5:35 PM	63 mph	Near 31.31, -94.68, TX
5:55 PM	63 mph	Near 34.43, -100.28, TX
6:00 PM	62 mph	Near 31.45, -93.62, LA
6:05 PM	62 mph	Near 31.51, -94.34, TX
6:05 PM	115 mph	About 22 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:15 PM	64 mph	About 17 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:24 PM	64 mph	Near 31.30, -93.84, TX
6:38 PM	58 mph	Near 31.04, -93.73, TX
6:41 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Lafayette, LA
7:05 PM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Lafayette, LA
7:36 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Lake Charles, LA
8:06 PM	58 mph	About 54 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:35 PM	60 mph	About 33 miles from Pasadena, TX
8:50 PM	63 mph	About 9 miles from Slidell, LA
9:05 PM	63 mph	About 3 miles from Slidell, LA
9:15 PM	63 mph	About 4 miles from Slidell, LA
10:49 PM	67 mph	Near 29.38, -90.72, LA
11:45 PM	58 mph	Near 29.37, -90.71, LA
12:00 AM	63 mph	About 54 miles from New Orleans, LA
12:20 AM	63 mph	Near 29.11, -90.21, LA
12:22 AM	69 mph	Near 29.17, -90.18, LA

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	91	70	19	2
Louisiana	44	19	25	0
Oklahoma	6	6	0	0
Arkansas	4	2	2	0
Florida	1	1	0	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Tyler, TX	2.5 in	62 mph
Grand Prairie, TX	1.0 in	None
Lake Charles, LA	1.0 in	None
Lafayette, LA	0.88 in	58 mph
Tampa, FL	0.88 in	None
Shreveport, LA	0.75 in	58 mph
Tulsa, OK	0.75 in	None
Slidell, LA	None	63 mph

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