Storm reports for May 21, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, May 21, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 21 hail reports, 33 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 6 states on May 21, 2017.

in 6 states; 56
Storm reports: About 21 miles from Laredo, TX; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 3 miles from Laredo, TX; 96 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 7 miles from Katy, TX; 2
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed wind damage

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 wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 21, 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

Hail21, most at 7 AM

Wind33, most at 4 PM

Tornado2, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:55 PM	EF0	About 7 miles from Katy, TX	7.23 mi long, 20 yd wide
7:29 PM	EF0	Near 34.86, -104.25, NM	2.23 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
7:14 AM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Tyler, TX
7:25 AM	1.25 in	About 12 miles from Waco, TX
7:45 AM	1.25 in	About 8 miles from Waco, TX
7:50 AM	0.88 in	About 16 miles from Tyler, TX
7:54 AM	0.75 in	About 26 miles from Longview, TX
7:55 AM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from Waco, TX
8:30 AM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Waco, TX
8:31 AM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Waco, TX
8:35 AM	1.25 in	Near 29.13, -103.52, TX
3:34 PM	1.0 in	About 53 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
4:44 PM	1.5 in	About 6 miles from Laredo, TX
4:44 PM	1.75 in	About 5 miles from Laredo, TX

Show all 21 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
4:48 PM	1.5 in	About 5 miles from Laredo, TX
4:55 PM	2.5 in	About 9 miles from Laredo, TX
5:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.91, -102.57, OK
5:04 PM	1.0 in	In Laredo, TX
5:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.97, -88.60, MS
5:25 PM	2.75 in	About 21 miles from Laredo, TX
5:55 PM	1.75 in	About 31 miles from Laredo, TX
6:11 PM	1.0 in	About 48 miles from Laredo, TX
8:00 PM	1.25 in	About 53 miles from McAllen, TX

Time	Gust	Where
2:05 PM	58 mph	Near 32.62, -91.20, LA
2:17 PM	71 mph	About 50 miles from Jackson, MS
2:35 PM	49 mph	About 36 miles from Jackson, MS
2:40 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Jackson, MS
2:48 PM	63 mph	About 21 miles from Jackson, MS
2:57 PM	58 mph	About 53 miles from Jackson, MS
3:23 PM	58 mph	About 8 miles from Jackson, MS
3:26 PM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Jackson, MS
3:29 PM	63 mph	Near 31.53, -91.08, MS
3:38 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Jackson, MS
3:41 PM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Jackson, MS
3:43 PM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Jackson, MS

Show all 33 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
4:05 PM	62 mph	Near 48.28, -105.96, MT
4:05 PM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Jackson, MS
4:07 PM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Jackson, MS
4:19 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Jackson, MS
4:27 PM	70 mph	About 3 miles from Laredo, TX
4:28 PM	96 mph	About 3 miles from Laredo, TX
4:55 PM	59 mph	About 2 miles from Laredo, TX
4:56 PM	70 mph	About 7 miles from Laredo, TX
4:58 PM	60 mph	About 5 miles from Laredo, TX
5:00 PM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Lafayette, LA
5:05 PM	70 mph	About 5 miles from Laredo, TX
5:15 PM	58 mph	In Laredo, TX
5:22 PM	58 mph	Near 33.98, -88.60, MS
5:35 PM	58 mph	Near 31.62, -89.35, MS
5:52 PM	58 mph	Near 31.38, -89.30, MS
5:52 PM	58 mph	Near 31.59, -89.21, MS
7:05 PM	63 mph	Near 36.86, -101.23, OK
7:42 PM	70 mph	About 4 miles from Laredo, TX
8:00 PM	49 mph	About 53 miles from McAllen, TX
8:14 PM	49 mph	About 46 miles from McAllen, TX
6:00 AM	70 mph	About 5 miles from Sugar Land, TX

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	30	18	11	1
Mississippi	20	2	18	0
Louisiana	2	0	2	0
Oklahoma	2	1	1	0
Montana	1	0	1	0
New Mexico	1	0	0	1

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Laredo, TX	2.5 in	96 mph	0
Waco, TX	1.25 in	None	0
Jackson, MS	None	58 mph	0
Katy, TX	None	None	1
Pearland, TX	None	70 mph	0
Sugar Land, TX	None	70 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.