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Storm reports for May 28, 2017

NOAA recorded 60 hail reports, 140 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in 15 states on May 28, 2017.

in 15 states
205
Storm reports
Near 30.07, -100.02, TX
3.0 in
Largest hail
Near 32.15, -91.97, LA
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 4 miles from Longview, TX
5
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 28, 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

Storms crossed East Texas and north Louisiana from mid-afternoon into the night of May 28, with straight-line winds that exceeded 80 to 90 mph at times.1 Falling trees killed 3 people in north Louisiana: one in a car near Trenton in De Soto Parish at 5:50 p.m. CST, one in a home in Coushatta, and one in a home in the Hebert community of Caldwell Parish.1,2,3 Winds blew trees down onto homes in Mansfield and onto buildings in Grand Cane.4,5

Near Longview, Texas, an EF1 tornado with winds near 105 mph touched down at 3:53 p.m. CST and ran about 10 miles southeast to south of Interstate 20. It dropped trees onto homes and damaged a few homes in the Greggton community. NOAA lists $750,000 in property damage.6 Earlier, hail up to 3 inches across fell along Highway 41 northeast of Rocksprings at 2:55 p.m. CST, and baseball-size hail fell in Carta Valley.7,8

Reports by hour

Hail60, most at 5 PM

Wind140, most at 6 PM

Tornado5, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:53 PMEF1About 4 miles from Longview, TX10.27 mi long, 800 yd wide
5:07 PMEF1About 12 miles from Longview, TX4.64 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:50 PMEF1Near 31.97, -92.88, LA1.13 mi long, 564 yd wide
7:52 PMEF1Near 31.98, -92.86, LA0.12 mi long, 127 yd wide
8:07 PMEF1Near 31.91, -92.74, LA0.09 mi long, 135 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas6724412
Louisiana365283
Ohio181080
South Carolina142120
South Dakota141130
Mississippi120120
Indiana9630
Minnesota8080
New York7610
Pennsylvania7340
North Carolina4040
North Dakota3030
Iowa2020
Michigan2110
Wisconsin2200

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Longview, TX1.25 in70 mph2
Austin, TX1.0 in70 mph0
Cleveland, OH1.0 inNone0
Fort Wayne, IN1.0 inNone0
Georgetown, TX1.0 in60 mph0
Shreveport, LA1.0 in85 mph0
Temple, TX1.0 inNone0
Round Rock, TX0.75 in70 mph0
Akron, OHNone58 mph0
College Station, TXNone61 mph0
Columbia, SCNone69 mph0
Corpus Christi, TXNone60 mph0
Edinburg, TXNone40 mph0
Fargo, NDNone60 mph0
Indianapolis, INNone64 mph0
Jackson, MSNone63 mph0
McAllen, TXNone40 mph0
Myrtle Beach, SCNone60 mph0
Rapid City, SDNone60 mph0
San Marcos, TXNone70 mph0
Toledo, OHNone58 mph0

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