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Storm reports for May 16, 2017

NOAA recorded 183 hail reports, 125 wind reports and 21 tornado reports in 9 states on May 16, 2017.

in 9 states
329
Storm reports
Near 35.16, -99.87, OK
4.0 in
Largest hail
Near 38.26, -98.99, KS
86 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 58 miles from Minneapolis, MN
21
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 16, 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

In western Oklahoma, hail up to 4 inches across fell near Erick at 5:26 p.m. CST and near Carter at 5:57 p.m.1,2 An EF2 tornado formed near Carter at 5:46 p.m. CST and tracked 15 miles northeast across the south side of Elk City. It killed 1 person and injured 10.3 Surveys counted 66 homes destroyed and 140 damaged, most of them in Elk City, plus 3 businesses destroyed and 5 damaged. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $25 million in property damage.3

In northwest Wisconsin, a tornado formed in Polk County at 4:42 p.m. local time and stayed on the ground for 83 miles across Barron and Rusk counties into Price County.4 North of Chetek in Barron County it reached high-end EF2 strength and destroyed or damaged dozens of mobile homes in a 50-unit park. One person was killed and 25 were injured in the county.4,5 Assessments in Barron County counted 40 homes destroyed, 45 with major damage and 75 with minor damage, and 4 of 6 affected businesses destroyed. NOAA lists $10.1 million in property damage there.5 The tornado reached EF3 near Conrath in Rusk County.6 Hail up to 3 inches across fell from east of Clayton to Barron, and hail up to 2.5 inches near Cannon Falls, Minnesota, damaged siding, roofs and cars.7,8

In Kansas, a tornado rated EF3 entered Barton County near Pawnee Rock at 7:14 p.m. CST, damaged several homes on the west side of town, and injured 2 people.9

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 694572, hail, Beckham County, Oklahoma
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 694578, hail, Beckham County, Oklahoma
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 702632, tornado, Beckham County, Oklahoma
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 690928, tornado, Price County, Wisconsin
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 689564, tornado, Barron County, Wisconsin
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 690881, tornado, Rusk County, Wisconsin
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 689538, hail, Barron County, Wisconsin
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 689233, hail, Goodhue County, Minnesota
  9. 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 688491, tornado, Barton County, Kansas

Reports by hour

Hail183, most at 5 PM

Wind125, most at 9 PM

Tornado21, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:45 PMEF0Near 36.68, -100.71, OK0.09 mi long, 25 yd wide
3:04 PMEF0Near 36.35, -101.14, TX0.09 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:39 PMEF0Near 35.16, -100.65, TX1.39 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:42 PMEF3About 58 miles from Minneapolis, MN82.53 mi long, 1320 yd wide
4:43 PMEF0About 41 miles from Lincoln, NE1.83 mi long, 35 yd wide
4:53 PMEF0Near 35.23, -100.49, TX0.06 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:16 PMEF1Near 35.31, -100.38, TX0.09 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:25 PMEF2Near 35.37, -100.29, TX9.18 mi long, 1250 yd wide
5:45 PMEF0Near 35.02, -100.05, TX0.29 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:49 PMEF1Near 37.38, -100.00, KS4.03 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:50 PMEF0Near 35.02, -100.05, TX2.26 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:08 PMNot ratedNear 35.07, -99.92, OK1 mi long, 20 yd wide
Show all 21 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
6:18 PMEF2Near 35.56, -99.92, OK10.25 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:23 PMNot ratedNear 35.12, -99.85, OK1.13 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:36 PMEF0Near 40.77, -102.01, NE0.1 mi long, 20 yd wide
6:45 PMEF1Near 35.75, -99.69, OK0.75 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:46 PMEF2Near 35.24, -99.56, OK18 mi long, 1000 yd wide
7:59 PMEF3Near 38.20, -99.02, KS26.64 mi long, 300 yd wide
8:12 PMEF0Near 45.47, -89.36, WI0.33 mi long, 175 yd wide
8:48 PMEF0Near 38.65, -98.76, KS0.34 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:24 AMEF1Near 40.45, -97.94, NE2.19 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kansas635193
Iowa597520
Nebraska5423283
Texas493757
Oklahoma4320176
Wisconsin4027112
Minnesota151410
Colorado5410
New Mexico1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Lincoln, NE1.75 inNone0
Midland, TX1.75 inNone0
Minneapolis, MN1.75 inNone0
Odessa, TX1.75 inNone0
Omaha, NE1.0 in81 mph0
Boulder, CO0.88 inNone0
Greeley, CO0.88 inNone0
Rochester, MN0.75 in58 mph0
Oklahoma City, OKNone64 mph0
Tulsa, OKNone75 mph0

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