Put Cloudbreak on your portfolio.

Leave your email and we’ll reach out within one business day.

Prefer to talk? Call 940-391-3558.

Storm reports for May 17, 2017

NOAA recorded 88 hail reports, 299 wind reports and 15 tornado reports in 10 states on May 17, 2017.

in 10 states
402
Storm reports
Near 40.98, -91.64, IA
2.0 in
Largest hail
About 9 miles from Rockford, IL
96 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 37 miles from Peoria, IL
15
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 17, 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

Hail88, most at 4 PM

Wind299, most at 6 PM

Tornado15, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:10 PMEF0About 53 miles from Sioux Falls, SD0.02 mi long, 10 yd wide
2:42 PMEF0About 44 miles from Sioux Falls, SD0.02 mi long, 10 yd wide
3:48 PMEF1Near 42.01, -97.02, NE0.37 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:16 PMEF1About 58 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA3.22 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:29 PMEF0About 18 miles from Rochester, MN0.79 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:04 PMEF0About 27 miles from Davenport, IA0.71 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:21 PMEF1Near 44.10, -91.19, WI1.06 mi long, 250 yd wide
6:36 PMEF1About 40 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA5.95 mi long, 40 yd wide
6:50 PMEF0About 54 miles from Rochester, MN0.2 mi long, 30 yd wide
7:35 PMEF0About 14 miles from Rochester, MN0.26 mi long, 30 yd wide
7:44 PMEF1About 12 miles from Davenport, IA2.14 mi long, 25 yd wide
8:00 PMEF1About 22 miles from Davenport, IA8.11 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:44 PMEF1About 31 miles from Davenport, IA2.06 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:20 PMEF2About 37 miles from Peoria, IL1.29 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:21 PMEF1About 13 miles from Rockford, IL10.3 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Iowa198401526
Wisconsin11215961
Illinois5612395
Minnesota211272
Nebraska5401
Colorado3300
Kansas2110
Michigan2110
Missouri2020
South Dakota1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Rockford, IL1.75 in96 mph1
Peoria, IL1.5 inNone0
Davenport, IA1.0 in60 mph1
Des Moines, IA1.0 in70 mph0
Omaha, NE1.0 inNone0
Boulder, CO0.75 inNone0
Appleton, WINone61 mph0
Cedar Rapids, IANone70 mph0
Chicago, ILNone63 mph0
Green Bay, WINone60 mph0
Madison, WINone58 mph0
Rochester, MNNone66 mph1
Sioux Falls, SDNone60 mph0

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