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Storm reports for August 5, 2017

NOAA recorded 20 hail reports, 45 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in 10 states on August 5, 2017.

in 10 states
71
Storm reports
About 30 miles from Wichita, KS
1.75 in
Largest hail
Near 37.02, -98.48, KS
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 2 miles from Tulsa, OK
6
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 August 5, 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

An EF2 tornado hit midtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, shortly after 1 a.m. CDT on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017.1,2 It traveled 6.9 miles with winds estimated at 120 to 130 mph. Between Yale Avenue and Sheridan Road, along and near East 41st Street, numerous businesses were damaged or destroyed. Some lost their roofs or exterior walls, and several vehicles were rolled.2 30 people were reportedly injured in that area. Between Sheridan Road and Highway 169, numerous other businesses had mostly roof, wall and window damage. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $50 million in property damage.2 Minutes later, an EF1 tornado damaged the roofs of numerous homes in a neighborhood north of East 51st Street near Broken Arrow.3

From mid afternoon into early evening on Aug. 5, storms formed again and again over the same part of New Orleans and dropped 4 to 9 inches of rain in 3 to 5 hours. Water entered at least several hundred homes and a number of businesses, and NOAA lists $5 million in property damage.4 In Barber County, Kansas, gusts estimated at 78 knots (90 mph) heavily damaged a roof on the west side of Kiowa. Hail up to 1.75 inches fell in Cowley County, Kansas.5,6,7

Sources

  1. 1. Public Radio Tulsa: EF-2 Tornado Hits Midtown Tulsa Early Sunday
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado (EF2), Tulsa County, Oklahoma, August 6, 2017
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado (EF1), Tulsa County, Oklahoma, August 6, 2017
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Flash Flood, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, August 5, 2017
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Barber County, Kansas, August 5, 2017
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Cowley County, Kansas, August 5, 2017 (Rock)
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Cowley County, Kansas, August 5, 2017 (Atlanta)

Reports by hour

Hail20, most at 5 PM

Wind45, most at 6 PM

Tornado6, most at 1 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
9:47 PMEF1Near 45.69, -68.69, ME2.53 mi long, 33 yd wide
10:30 PMEF1Near 45.91, -68.36, ME0.48 mi long, 20 yd wide
1:19 AMEF2About 2 miles from Tulsa, OK6.9 mi long, 550 yd wide
1:27 AMEF1About 7 miles from Tulsa, OK2.9 mi long, 400 yd wide
1:32 AMEF1About 25 miles from Tulsa, OK4.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
2:11 AMEF1About 34 miles from Tulsa, OK0.9 mi long, 400 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kansas2510150
Oklahoma251204
Texas7160
South Dakota4310
Wyoming3300
Colorado2200
Maine2002
Massachusetts1010
Missouri1010
New Hampshire1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Wichita, KS1.0 inNone0
Tulsa, OKNone81 mph2

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