Storm reports for May 5, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, May 5, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 13 hail reports, 30 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in 9 states on May 5, 2017.

in 9 states; 47
Storm reports: Near 41.97, -117.60, NV; 1.5 in
Largest hail: Near 39.69, -115.98, NV; 67 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 60 miles from Richmond, VA; 4
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 5, 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

Hail13, most at 4 PM

Wind30, most at 7 AM

Tornado4, most at 7 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
7:02 AM	EF0	About 33 miles from Virginia Beach, VA	8.12 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:17 AM	EF1	About 60 miles from Richmond, VA	0.87 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:19 AM	EF1	About 39 miles from Washington, DC	1.18 mi long, 10 yd wide
6:55 PM	EF0	About 50 miles from Virginia Beach, VA	4.91 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:15 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.95, -117.50, NV
3:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.90, -117.31, NV
3:49 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.61, -116.89, NV
3:50 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.59, -116.90, NV
4:05 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.24, -80.03, WV
4:14 PM	0.88 in	Near 39.31, -79.97, WV
4:20 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.35, -79.95, WV
4:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.13, -80.00, WV
4:40 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.97, -116.23, NV
4:40 PM	1.5 in	Near 41.97, -117.60, NV
4:57 PM	0.88 in	Near 41.49, -117.53, NV
5:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.39, -79.75, WV
6:00 PM	1.5 in	Near 39.39, -79.75, WV

Time	Gust	Where
7:00 AM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Boise, ID
7:05 AM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Richmond, VA
7:10 AM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Washington, DC
7:10 AM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Richmond, VA
7:13 AM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Washington, DC
7:15 AM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
7:17 AM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Washington, DC
7:19 AM	60 mph	About 42 miles from Washington, DC
7:21 AM	60 mph	About 26 miles from Washington, DC
7:27 AM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Washington, DC
7:30 AM	58 mph	Near 35.88, -76.56, NC
7:47 AM	58 mph	About 50 miles from Washington, DC

Show all 30 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
7:50 AM	58 mph	About 3 miles from Washington, DC
7:50 AM	58 mph	About 3 miles from Washington, DC
7:51 AM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Washington, DC
7:57 AM	60 mph	About 14 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
8:00 AM	64 mph	About 46 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
8:05 AM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
8:12 AM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
8:26 AM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Baltimore, MD
9:10 AM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Baltimore, MD
9:10 AM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Lancaster, PA
4:02 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
6:01 PM	58 mph	About 46 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
6:10 PM	66 mph	Near 46.27, -117.50, WA
6:30 PM	67 mph	Near 39.69, -115.98, NV
6:43 PM	58 mph	About 54 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
7:08 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
7:27 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
7:55 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Richmond, VA

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Virginia	11	0	8	3
Maryland	9	0	9	0
Nevada	8	7	1	0
West Virginia	6	6	0	0
North Carolina	5	0	4	1
Pennsylvania	4	0	4	0
District of Columbia	2	0	2	0
Idaho	1	0	1	0
Washington	1	0	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Virginia Beach, VA	None	60 mph	0
Washington, DC	None	58 mph	0

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