Pennsylvania storm reports for May 15, 2018

Name: NOAA storm reports, Pennsylvania, May 15, 2018
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 19 hail reports, 88 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Pennsylvania on May 15, 2018.

in Pennsylvania; 109
Storm reports: About 25 miles from Binghamton, NY; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 31 miles from Scranton, PA; 115 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 20 miles from Scranton, PA; 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 15, 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

Hail19, most at 11 AM

Wind88, most at 2 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
2:05 PM	EF1	About 20 miles from Scranton, PA	0.22 mi long, 25 yd wide
3:15 PM	EF1	About 4 miles from Harrisburg, PA	0.08 mi long, 40 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
11:06 AM	1.0 in	About 27 miles from Youngstown, OH
11:24 AM	1.0 in	About 26 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
11:36 AM	1.75 in	About 59 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
11:45 AM	1.0 in	Near 41.04, -79.08, PA
11:59 AM	0.88 in	Near 41.07, -78.87, PA
12:07 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.75, -78.89, PA
12:09 PM	1.0 in	About 59 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
12:20 PM	0.88 in	Near 41.06, -78.84, PA
1:05 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.39, -78.68, PA
1:20 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.41, -78.63, PA
1:30 PM	1.0 in	About 24 miles from Binghamton, NY
1:36 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Binghamton, NY

Show all 19 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
1:46 PM	2.75 in	About 25 miles from Binghamton, NY
2:10 PM	0.75 in	About 20 miles from Scranton, PA
2:20 PM	0.75 in	About 15 miles from Scranton, PA
3:26 PM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Harrisburg, PA
4:31 PM	1.0 in	About 28 miles from York, PA
4:40 PM	1.0 in	About 28 miles from York, PA
5:15 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from York, PA

Time	Gust	Where
10:56 AM	58 mph	Near 41.36, -79.27, PA
11:11 AM	58 mph	Near 41.33, -79.20, PA
11:12 AM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
11:13 AM	58 mph	Near 41.35, -79.14, PA
11:15 AM	58 mph	Near 41.34, -79.20, PA
11:27 AM	58 mph	About 50 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
11:27 AM	60 mph	Near 41.44, -78.73, PA
11:30 AM	58 mph	About 57 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
11:30 AM	58 mph	About 54 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
11:33 AM	60 mph	Near 41.35, -78.60, PA
11:38 AM	60 mph	Near 41.43, -78.56, PA
11:56 AM	90 mph	Near 41.40, -78.26, PA

Show all 88 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
11:58 AM	96 mph	Near 41.43, -78.18, PA
12:00 PM	70 mph	Near 41.32, -78.08, PA
12:15 PM	58 mph	About 54 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
12:19 PM	60 mph	Near 40.87, -78.72, PA
12:27 PM	60 mph	Near 40.76, -78.69, PA
12:42 PM	60 mph	Near 41.74, -77.43, PA
12:42 PM	60 mph	Near 40.86, -78.28, PA
12:52 PM	60 mph	Near 40.90, -78.18, PA
12:56 PM	60 mph	Near 41.43, -77.14, PA
1:00 PM	60 mph	Near 40.82, -77.95, PA
1:08 PM	60 mph	Near 40.89, -77.80, PA
1:10 PM	60 mph	Near 40.87, -77.75, PA
1:11 PM	58 mph	Near 40.85, -77.85, PA
1:17 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Binghamton, NY
1:25 PM	60 mph	About 49 miles from Scranton, PA
1:25 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Scranton, PA
1:35 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Binghamton, NY
1:35 PM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Scranton, PA
1:37 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Binghamton, NY
1:40 PM	60 mph	About 55 miles from Scranton, PA
1:40 PM	60 mph	About 56 miles from Scranton, PA
1:41 PM	70 mph	About 45 miles from Harrisburg, PA
1:45 PM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Harrisburg, PA
1:51 PM	60 mph	About 51 miles from Harrisburg, PA
1:55 PM	81 mph	About 50 miles from Harrisburg, PA
1:55 PM	90 mph	About 49 miles from Harrisburg, PA
1:57 PM	90 mph	About 49 miles from Harrisburg, PA
1:57 PM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Scranton, PA
1:59 PM	81 mph	About 49 miles from Harrisburg, PA
2:00 PM	90 mph	About 49 miles from Harrisburg, PA
2:00 PM	85 mph	About 41 miles from Scranton, PA
2:00 PM	81 mph	About 50 miles from Scranton, PA
2:04 PM	85 mph	About 43 miles from Scranton, PA
2:05 PM	110 mph	About 18 miles from Scranton, PA
2:06 PM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Scranton, PA
2:08 PM	70 mph	About 39 miles from Scranton, PA
2:09 PM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Scranton, PA
2:09 PM	60 mph	About 45 miles from Scranton, PA
2:10 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Scranton, PA
2:15 PM	115 mph	About 31 miles from Scranton, PA
2:16 PM	69 mph	About 5 miles from Scranton, PA
2:16 PM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Scranton, PA
2:17 PM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Scranton, PA
2:21 PM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Scranton, PA
2:29 PM	58 mph	About 7 miles from Scranton, PA
2:29 PM	58 mph	About 7 miles from Scranton, PA
2:29 PM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Scranton, PA
2:30 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Scranton, PA
2:30 PM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Harrisburg, PA
2:35 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Scranton, PA
2:41 PM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Reading, PA
2:50 PM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Harrisburg, PA
2:52 PM	60 mph	About 16 miles from Harrisburg, PA
2:56 PM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Scranton, PA
3:00 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Allentown, PA
3:05 PM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Reading, PA
3:05 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Scranton, PA
3:17 PM	60 mph	About 4 miles from Harrisburg, PA
3:17 PM	75 mph	About 18 miles from Harrisburg, PA
3:18 PM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Allentown, PA
3:20 PM	60 mph	About 3 miles from Harrisburg, PA
3:22 PM	68 mph	About 14 miles from Harrisburg, PA
3:38 PM	60 mph	About 26 miles from Harrisburg, PA
4:04 PM	60 mph	About 14 miles from Lancaster, PA
4:12 PM	60 mph	About 9 miles from Lancaster, PA
4:17 PM	60 mph	About 14 miles from York, PA
4:25 PM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Philadelphia, PA
4:26 PM	60 mph	About 4 miles from Lancaster, PA
4:28 PM	60 mph	About 12 miles from Lancaster, PA
4:31 PM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Lancaster, PA
4:33 PM	60 mph	About 11 miles from Lancaster, PA
4:37 PM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Philadelphia, PA
4:55 PM	60 mph	About 17 miles from York, PA
4:55 PM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Philadelphia, PA
5:10 PM	58 mph	About 3 miles from Philadelphia, PA
5:23 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Philadelphia, PA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Harrisburg, PA	1.0 in	68 mph	1
York, PA	1.0 in	60 mph	0
Scranton, PA	0.75 in	69 mph	0
Lancaster, PA	None	60 mph	0
Philadelphia, PA	None	58 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.