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Storm reports for May 21, 2019

NOAA recorded 22 hail reports, 55 wind reports and 21 tornado reports in 8 states on May 21, 2019.

in 8 states
98
Storm reports
Near 38.86, -97.64, KS
1.5 in
Largest hail
About 50 miles from Little Rock, AR
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, near 39.92, -95.93, KS
21
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 21, 2019 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

Hail22, most at 3 PM

Wind55, most at 4 PM

Tornado21, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:03 AMEF1Near 34.34, -96.34, OK1.6 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:06 PMEF0About 10 miles from Springfield, MO1.17 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:48 PMEF1About 14 miles from Springfield, MO7.07 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:17 PMEF1About 38 miles from Springfield, MO23.75 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:18 PMEF1Near 37.63, -91.88, MO5.87 mi long, 800 yd wide
4:32 PMEF1Near 38.84, -97.10, KS7.48 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:50 PMEF0Near 39.44, -99.51, KS0.23 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:52 PMNot ratedNear 38.98, -96.99, KS17.69 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:05 PMEF1Near 38.85, -91.73, MO0.56 mi long, 250 yd wide
5:58 PMEF1About 36 miles from St. Louis, MO5.94 mi long, 250 yd wide
6:10 PMEF0About 13 miles from Topeka, KS12.56 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:38 PMEF2About 20 miles from Topeka, KS17.13 mi long, 75 yd wide
Show all 21 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
7:01 PMEF0About 19 miles from St. Louis, MO0.34 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:06 PMEF0About 56 miles from Topeka, KS3.05 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:08 PMEF1About 38 miles from Topeka, KS5.39 mi long, 30 yd wide
7:20 PMEF3Near 39.92, -95.93, KS5.9 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:31 PMNot ratedNear 40.06, -95.83, NE0.03 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:43 PMNot ratedNear 40.07, -95.83, NE1.68 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:55 PMEF0Near 40.26, -95.77, NE0.8 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:04 AMEF1Near 41.41, -94.75, IA1.09 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:29 AMEF2About 53 miles from Des Moines, IA4.75 mi long, 150 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Missouri361296
Kansas241428
Arkansas140140
Illinois10181
Iowa6222
Nebraska4103
Oklahoma3201
California1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Springfield, MONone63 mph2
St. Louis, MONone75 mph0
Topeka, KSNoneNone1

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