Storm reports for May 3, 2018

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, May 3, 2018
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 18 hail reports, 36 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in 10 states on May 3, 2018.

in 10 states; 61
Storm reports: Near 38.92, -97.59, KS; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 40 miles from Topeka, KS; 90 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 43 miles from Norman, OK; 7
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 3, 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

Hail18, most at 6 PM

Wind36, most at 5 PM

Tornado7, 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
8:22 AM	EF1	About 43 miles from Norman, OK	0.25 mi long, 25 yd wide
1:09 PM	EF1	About 52 miles from Fayetteville, AR	9.5 mi long, 550 yd wide
7:19 PM	EF1	About 39 miles from Rochester, NY	1.11 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:46 PM	EF0	About 19 miles from Des Moines, IA	0.43 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:48 PM	EF0	About 20 miles from Des Moines, IA	1.07 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:56 PM	EF0	About 24 miles from Des Moines, IA	0.39 mi long, 25 yd wide
11:15 PM	EF0	About 27 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	0.01 mi long, 10 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
7:13 AM	1.0 in	About 37 miles from Davenport, IA
8:50 AM	1.0 in	Near 31.68, -98.99, TX
8:54 AM	0.75 in	Near 31.54, -98.99, TX
9:08 AM	0.75 in	About 40 miles from Denton, TX
9:20 AM	0.75 in	Near 31.66, -98.79, TX
10:37 AM	1.0 in	About 27 miles from Rockford, IL
10:40 AM	0.75 in	About 27 miles from Rockford, IL
5:37 PM	0.75 in	About 10 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:42 PM	0.88 in	About 5 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:00 PM	0.75 in	Near 38.97, -99.15, KS
6:05 PM	0.75 in	Near 38.92, -99.10, KS
6:20 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.89, -98.86, KS

Show all 18 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
7:27 PM	1.5 in	Near 38.93, -98.00, KS
7:27 PM	1.25 in	Near 38.84, -98.00, KS
8:08 PM	1.75 in	Near 38.92, -97.59, KS
8:20 PM	0.88 in	About 51 miles from Topeka, KS
8:22 PM	1.5 in	Near 38.93, -97.37, KS
6:11 AM	1.0 in	Near 40.51, -92.02, MO

Time	Gust	Where
7:10 AM	61 mph	About 17 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
8:52 AM	58 mph	About 52 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
9:42 AM	64 mph	About 35 miles from Tulsa, OK
9:48 AM	49 mph	About 26 miles from Fort Worth, TX
10:10 AM	63 mph	About 26 miles from Fort Worth, TX
10:10 AM	49 mph	About 36 miles from McKinney, TX
10:20 AM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Fort Worth, TX
12:45 PM	60 mph	Near 35.06, -94.25, AR
1:14 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Fayetteville, AR
2:00 PM	58 mph	Near 35.48, -93.28, AR
2:10 PM	63 mph	About 52 miles from Binghamton, NY
2:27 PM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Binghamton, NY

Show all 36 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
2:50 PM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Binghamton, NY
3:30 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Little Rock, AR
3:36 PM	58 mph	About 52 miles from Little Rock, AR
3:58 PM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Harrisburg, PA
4:00 PM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Harrisburg, PA
4:00 PM	64 mph	About 38 miles from Tyler, TX
5:30 PM	60 mph	Near 41.01, -94.91, IA
5:48 PM	67 mph	About 33 miles from New York, NY
5:48 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:50 PM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:55 PM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Bridgeport, CT
5:56 PM	60 mph	About 31 miles from Bridgeport, CT
5:57 PM	60 mph	About 28 miles from Bridgeport, CT
5:58 PM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Bridgeport, CT
5:59 PM	59 mph	About 27 miles from Bridgeport, CT
6:01 PM	60 mph	About 29 miles from New York, NY
6:09 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Bridgeport, CT
6:10 PM	70 mph	Near 42.53, -94.19, IA
6:12 PM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Bridgeport, CT
6:15 PM	64 mph	Near 33.57, -93.85, AR
7:55 PM	60 mph	About 28 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:06 PM	75 mph	About 39 miles from Topeka, KS
8:19 PM	90 mph	About 40 miles from Topeka, KS
9:23 PM	60 mph	About 52 miles from Topeka, KS

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Iowa	11	2	5	4
Kansas	11	8	3	0
New York	11	0	10	1
Texas	10	4	6	0
Arkansas	7	0	6	1
Illinois	3	3	0	0
Oklahoma	3	0	2	1
Connecticut	2	0	2	0
Pennsylvania	2	0	2	0
Missouri	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
Des Moines, IA	0.88 in	60 mph
Arlington, TX	None	58 mph
Fort Worth, TX	None	58 mph

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