Storm reports for May 1, 2018

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, May 1, 2018
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 148 hail reports, 15 wind reports and 11 tornado reports in 6 states on May 1, 2018.

in 6 states; 174
Storm reports: About 43 miles from Lincoln, NE; 4.0 in
Largest hail: About 44 miles from Omaha, NE; 90 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, near 38.94, -97.88, KS; 11
Tornado reports

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

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 1, 2018 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

Hail148, most at 5 PM

Wind15, most at 5 PM

Tornado11, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:35 PM	EF0	Near 40.92, -98.15, NE	0.01 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:50 PM	EF0	Near 40.74, -98.36, NE	1.96 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:44 PM	EF0	Near 39.97, -97.67, KS	8.17 mi long, 125 yd wide
6:09 PM	EF0	Near 39.25, -98.15, KS	0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:59 PM	EF1	Near 39.40, -97.73, KS	8.9 mi long, 225 yd wide
7:08 PM	EF0	Near 38.84, -98.24, KS	0.35 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:15 PM	EF0	Near 39.45, -97.61, KS	7.79 mi long, 30 yd wide
7:23 PM	EF0	About 51 miles from Lincoln, NE	0.25 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:41 PM	EF3	Near 38.94, -97.88, KS	15.78 mi long, 880 yd wide
7:49 PM	EF1	Near 39.49, -97.35, KS	8.13 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:56 PM	EF1	Near 39.25, -97.33, KS	11.89 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
7:25 AM	0.88 in	About 6 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:00 AM	0.88 in	About 7 miles from Des Moines, IA
2:30 PM	0.88 in	About 10 miles from Boulder, CO
3:04 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Boulder, CO
3:15 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.64, -99.13, KS
3:18 PM	1.5 in	Near 38.96, -99.44, KS
3:38 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.77, -99.03, KS
3:40 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.77, -98.92, KS
4:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.63, -97.12, NE
4:00 PM	1.75 in	About 48 miles from Lincoln, NE
4:03 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.93, -99.23, KS
4:04 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.23, -98.52, NE

Show all 148 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
4:12 PM	0.75 in	Near 39.65, -98.83, KS
4:18 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.92, -98.35, NE
4:18 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.42, -98.42, NE
4:20 PM	0.88 in	Near 38.35, -99.58, KS
4:20 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.11, -98.92, KS
4:23 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.66, -95.60, IA
4:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.35, -99.51, KS
4:25 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.33, -98.34, NE
4:25 PM	1.0 in	About 40 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:29 PM	1.0 in	About 59 miles from Omaha, NE
4:30 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.42, -98.29, NE
4:30 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.28, -98.71, NE
4:30 PM	0.88 in	Near 39.02, -99.02, KS
4:30 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.57, -98.38, NE
4:31 PM	0.75 in	About 40 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:36 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.71, -95.44, IA
4:37 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.40, -99.39, KS
4:40 PM	1.75 in	Near 41.07, -97.89, NE
4:40 PM	1.25 in	Near 42.71, -95.44, IA
4:42 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.86, -98.43, KS
4:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.09, -98.92, KS
4:45 PM	1.0 in	About 26 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.48, -99.24, KS
4:47 PM	0.88 in	Near 39.87, -98.36, KS
4:48 PM	2.75 in	About 43 miles from Lincoln, NE
4:48 PM	4.0 in	About 43 miles from Lincoln, NE
4:49 PM	1.75 in	About 26 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:50 PM	2.0 in	Near 40.47, -98.55, NE
4:50 PM	1.75 in	Near 38.46, -99.27, KS
4:51 PM	1.75 in	About 42 miles from Lincoln, NE
4:51 PM	2.0 in	About 44 miles from Lincoln, NE
4:52 PM	1.0 in	About 28 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:54 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.16, -97.77, NE
4:55 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.96, -98.00, NE
4:58 PM	1.5 in	Near 38.49, -99.18, KS
4:59 PM	2.0 in	About 41 miles from Lincoln, NE
5:00 PM	1.75 in	About 44 miles from Lincoln, NE
5:00 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.78, -95.25, IA
5:00 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.49, -98.05, NE
5:01 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.12, -98.85, KS
5:05 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.94, -99.40, KS
5:05 PM	1.75 in	Near 38.55, -99.10, KS
5:06 PM	1.5 in	About 26 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:08 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.65, -98.38, NE
5:09 PM	2.5 in	Near 38.53, -99.05, KS
5:09 PM	1.75 in	About 25 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:10 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.58, -98.42, NE
5:12 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.12, -98.69, KS
5:12 PM	2.5 in	Near 38.54, -98.98, KS
5:15 PM	1.0 in	About 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:15 PM	1.25 in	Near 42.85, -95.15, IA
5:16 PM	1.75 in	About 44 miles from Lincoln, NE
5:17 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.15, -98.81, KS
5:18 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.03, -98.03, NE
5:20 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.79, -99.39, KS
5:21 PM	1.75 in	Near 38.58, -98.96, KS
5:22 PM	1.25 in	About 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.31, -98.51, KS
5:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.58, -97.98, NE
5:27 PM	1.0 in	About 29 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:27 PM	1.25 in	About 40 miles from Omaha, NE
5:29 PM	1.5 in	About 30 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:30 PM	1.75 in	Near 42.85, -95.03, IA
5:30 PM	1.5 in	About 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:30 PM	1.25 in	Near 42.85, -94.85, IA
5:30 PM	1.0 in	About 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.53, -99.24, KS
5:34 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.85, -95.01, IA
5:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.85, -99.26, KS
5:35 PM	1.25 in	Near 42.85, -94.98, IA
5:36 PM	2.75 in	Near 38.64, -98.77, KS
5:37 PM	1.25 in	Near 38.11, -99.24, KS
5:39 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Omaha, NE
5:42 PM	1.5 in	About 38 miles from Omaha, NE
5:42 PM	4.0 in	Near 38.64, -98.77, KS
5:45 PM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.24, -98.40, KS
5:46 PM	2.0 in	About 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:46 PM	1.75 in	Near 42.86, -94.83, IA
5:54 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.20, -98.64, KS
5:54 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.85, -94.85, IA
5:55 PM	1.25 in	Near 37.89, -99.20, KS
5:55 PM	0.75 in	Near 42.81, -94.53, IA
5:57 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.16, -103.22, CO
6:01 PM	1.0 in	About 36 miles from Omaha, NE
6:01 PM	1.75 in	Near 38.64, -98.66, KS
6:06 PM	1.75 in	Near 37.96, -99.07, KS
6:07 PM	2.0 in	Near 38.77, -98.59, KS
6:09 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.13, -103.07, CO
6:10 PM	2.0 in	Near 39.34, -98.16, KS
6:22 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.92, -98.89, KS
6:22 PM	1.75 in	Near 38.73, -98.77, KS
6:24 PM	0.88 in	About 49 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.00, -99.65, KS
6:28 PM	1.5 in	Near 38.85, -98.46, KS
6:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.87, -98.82, KS
6:36 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.15, -102.73, CO
6:41 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:42 PM	1.5 in	Near 40.16, -102.70, CO
6:42 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.12, -102.72, CO
6:44 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.87, -94.29, IA
6:48 PM	1.0 in	About 57 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:48 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.87, -94.29, IA
6:53 PM	1.25 in	Near 42.89, -94.27, IA
6:55 PM	2.0 in	Near 42.87, -94.18, IA
6:56 PM	2.75 in	Near 38.89, -98.44, KS
6:59 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.06, -99.34, KS
7:10 PM	0.75 in	About 51 miles from Lincoln, NE
7:18 PM	0.88 in	Near 38.95, -98.15, KS
7:19 PM	1.0 in	About 40 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
7:20 PM	0.88 in	About 40 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
7:26 PM	0.88 in	About 59 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
7:26 PM	0.88 in	About 60 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
7:29 PM	0.75 in	Near 42.70, -97.36, NE
7:29 PM	2.5 in	About 47 miles from Lincoln, NE
7:40 PM	1.5 in	Near 37.18, -99.00, KS
7:48 PM	0.88 in	About 44 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
7:55 PM	0.75 in	Near 38.99, -98.85, KS
7:59 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.05, -98.77, KS
8:00 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.55, -97.28, KS
8:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.19, -98.04, KS
8:19 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.17, -97.98, KS
8:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.20, -119.96, CA
8:30 PM	4.0 in	Near 39.15, -97.89, KS
8:33 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.17, -98.39, KS
8:35 PM	2.0 in	Near 39.10, -98.39, KS
8:40 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.17, -97.82, KS
9:02 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.23, -98.40, KS
9:05 PM	0.88 in	Near 38.73, -120.35, CA
9:06 PM	1.5 in	Near 39.20, -98.39, KS
9:14 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.25, -98.00, KS
9:29 PM	2.0 in	Near 39.17, -97.82, KS
9:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.29, -98.23, KS
9:56 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.22, -97.55, KS
10:18 PM	0.88 in	About 3 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
10:55 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.30, -96.87, KS

Time	Gust	Where
7:00 AM	64 mph	About 55 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:15 AM	60 mph	Near 40.63, -93.90, IA
4:48 PM	60 mph	Near 39.87, -98.32, KS
5:20 PM	64 mph	Near 39.16, -98.63, KS
5:27 PM	60 mph	Near 39.90, -97.89, KS
5:42 PM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Omaha, NE
5:45 PM	60 mph	Near 39.24, -98.40, KS
6:05 PM	68 mph	About 35 miles from Omaha, NE
6:21 PM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Omaha, NE
6:26 PM	70 mph	Near 38.85, -98.45, KS
6:30 PM	70 mph	About 60 miles from Lincoln, NE
7:20 PM	90 mph	About 44 miles from Omaha, NE
7:29 PM	81 mph	About 48 miles from Lincoln, NE
8:50 PM	63 mph	Near 39.11, -97.65, KS
9:20 PM	60 mph	Near 39.12, -97.33, KS

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Kansas	79	64	7	8
Iowa	43	39	4	0
Nebraska	42	35	4	3
Colorado	7	7	0	0
California	2	2	0	0
South Dakota	1	1	0	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Boulder, CO	0.88 in	None
Des Moines, IA	0.88 in	None
Sioux Falls, SD	0.88 in	None

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