Texas storm reports for May 18, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, Texas, May 18, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 41 hail reports, 3 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in Texas on May 18, 2017.

in Texas; 50
Storm reports: About 40 miles from Abilene, TX; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 34 miles from Abilene, TX; 86 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 26 miles from Wichita Falls, TX; 6
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 18, 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

Hail41, most at 2 PM

Wind3, most at 5 PM

Tornado6, 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
4:04 PM	Not rated	About 45 miles from Wichita Falls, TX	0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:48 PM	Not rated	About 27 miles from Wichita Falls, TX	1.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:54 PM	EF2	About 26 miles from Wichita Falls, TX	2 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:41 PM	EF1	About 46 miles from Abilene, TX	3.3 mi long, 450 yd wide
8:04 PM	EF0	About 55 miles from Abilene, TX	0.42 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:38 PM	EF1	Near 31.94, -98.86, TX	4.36 mi long, 880 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
1:45 PM	1.75 in	Near 33.62, -100.33, TX
2:40 PM	1.75 in	Near 33.80, -99.95, TX
2:41 PM	1.5 in	Near 33.91, -99.81, TX
2:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.89, -100.39, TX
2:47 PM	0.88 in	Near 35.91, -100.38, TX
2:50 PM	1.25 in	Near 35.90, -100.38, TX
2:50 PM	1.75 in	Near 33.73, -99.73, TX
2:50 PM	1.25 in	Near 35.91, -100.38, TX
2:52 PM	1.5 in	Near 35.90, -100.37, TX
4:29 PM	2.75 in	About 40 miles from Abilene, TX
4:48 PM	1.25 in	About 33 miles from Abilene, TX
4:52 PM	1.5 in	About 34 miles from Abilene, TX

Show all 41 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:08 PM	1.25 in	About 36 miles from Abilene, TX
5:20 PM	1.75 in	About 13 miles from Abilene, TX
5:28 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Abilene, TX
5:31 PM	1.75 in	About 10 miles from Abilene, TX
5:32 PM	2.5 in	About 38 miles from Abilene, TX
5:35 PM	1.75 in	About 34 miles from Abilene, TX
6:10 PM	1.5 in	About 25 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
6:13 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
6:51 PM	2.75 in	About 18 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
7:04 PM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Abilene, TX
7:11 PM	1.75 in	About 41 miles from Abilene, TX
7:16 PM	1.75 in	About 40 miles from Abilene, TX
7:22 PM	1.75 in	About 51 miles from Abilene, TX
7:27 PM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Abilene, TX
8:04 PM	2.5 in	About 51 miles from Abilene, TX
8:15 PM	1.75 in	About 24 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
8:15 PM	1.0 in	About 24 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
9:00 PM	1.75 in	About 53 miles from Abilene, TX
9:02 PM	1.0 in	About 53 miles from Abilene, TX
9:16 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
10:01 PM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from Abilene, TX
10:16 PM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
11:02 PM	1.0 in	About 56 miles from Killeen, TX
11:25 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Killeen, TX
2:45 AM	1.25 in	Near 32.40, -100.85, TX
4:00 AM	1.0 in	Near 32.32, -100.82, TX
4:30 AM	1.75 in	About 44 miles from Midland, TX
5:52 AM	1.5 in	About 7 miles from Odessa, TX
6:05 AM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Odessa, TX

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Abilene, TX	1.75 in	None	0
Odessa, TX	1.5 in	None	0

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

Time	Gust	Where
5:48 PM	86 mph	About 34 miles from Abilene, TX
7:39 PM	85 mph	About 48 miles from Abilene, TX
4:00 AM	60 mph	Near 32.32, -100.82, TX