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Storm reports for May 25, 2019

NOAA recorded 92 hail reports, 219 wind reports and 28 tornado reports in 21 states on May 25, 2019.

in 21 states
339
Storm reports
About 51 miles from Odessa, TX
2.75 in
Largest hail
About 33 miles from Tulsa, OK
92 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 25 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
28
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
  • 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 25, 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.

What happened

On May 25, 2019, at 10:28 p.m. CDT, a tornado struck just south and southeast of El Reno, Oklahoma. NWS Norman rated it EF3 on a 2.2-mile path and lists 2 deaths and 29 injuries.1 Near Interstate 40 and US-81 it overturned vehicles, removed a roof and collapsed walls of commercial buildings, and destroyed many mobile homes in a park, where the 2 deaths occurred. NOAA lists $400,000 in damage.2

Between 12:21 and 12:35 a.m. CDT on May 26, two EF1 tornadoes with winds estimated at 100 to 110 mph crossed Sapulpa in Creek County, Oklahoma, damaging homes and businesses. NOAA lists $1.55 million in damage from them in Creek County.3,4 One continued across Jenks in Tulsa County, damaging the roofs of numerous homes.5 Earlier, at 5:39 p.m. CDT on May 25, an EF2 tornado near Interstate 27 in Plainview, Texas, blew tin roofs off storage buildings and destroyed outbuildings, with $250,000 in damage listed.6

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Norman: 2019 Oklahoma Tornadoes
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 830307, tornado, Canadian County, Oklahoma
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 830707, tornado, Creek County, Oklahoma
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 830719, tornado, Creek County, Oklahoma
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 830724, tornado, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 824309, tornado, Hale County, Texas

Reports by hour

Hail92, most at 3 PM

Wind219, most at 7 PM

Tornado28, most at 10 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:59 PMNot ratedAbout 28 miles from Lubbock, TX1.06 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:39 PMEF2About 46 miles from Lubbock, TX1.69 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:42 PMEF1About 21 miles from Canton, OH0.54 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:08 PMNot ratedAbout 32 miles from Lubbock, TX4.64 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:04 PMNot ratedNear 35.04, -99.52, OK0.3 mi long, 30 yd wide
7:14 PMNot ratedNear 35.13, -99.40, OK0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:27 PMEF1About 37 miles from Pittsburgh, PA5.13 mi long, 35 yd wide
7:32 PMEF0About 51 miles from Pittsburgh, PA0.07 mi long, 20 yd wide
7:40 PMNot ratedNear 34.70, -100.63, TX0.01 mi long, 30 yd wide
10:28 PMEF3About 25 miles from Oklahoma City, OK2.2 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:46 PMEF0About 5 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.9 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:49 PMEF0About 2 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.7 mi long, 50 yd wide
Show all 28 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
10:53 PMEF0About 4 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.5 mi long, 30 yd wide
10:56 PMEF0About 12 miles from Norman, OK0.7 mi long, 30 yd wide
10:57 PMEF0About 6 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.2 mi long, 30 yd wide
11:14 PMEF1About 23 miles from Peoria, IL1.15 mi long, 200 yd wide
11:19 PMEF1About 23 miles from Peoria, IL0.72 mi long, 150 yd wide
12:04 AMEF1About 34 miles from Tulsa, OK2.6 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:14 AMEF1About 27 miles from Tulsa, OK10.7 mi long, 1000 yd wide
12:21 AMEF1About 20 miles from Tulsa, OK12.5 mi long, 1400 yd wide
12:27 AMEF1About 16 miles from Tulsa, OK12.3 mi long, 2200 yd wide
12:51 AMEF0About 8 miles from Tulsa, OK1.8 mi long, 400 yd wide
1:15 AMEF0About 45 miles from Tulsa, OK0.2 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:23 AMEF1Near 40.09, -88.27, IL0.9 mi long, 250 yd wide
1:27 AMEF1Near 40.09, -88.21, IL0.85 mi long, 250 yd wide
1:35 AMEF1Near 40.10, -88.06, IL1.01 mi long, 250 yd wide
1:44 AMEF0About 47 miles from Tulsa, OK3.2 mi long, 300 yd wide
2:30 AMEF0About 13 miles from Fayetteville, AR1.5 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Oklahoma6173915
Illinois4511295
Ohio4013261
New York340340
Texas332274
Pennsylvania211182
Virginia216150
Kansas207130
Indiana140140
Missouri14590
West Virginia9180
New Mexico6600
North Carolina4130
Wyoming4400
Colorado3300
Iowa3210
Michigan3030
Arkansas1001
California1100
Nebraska1100
South Dakota1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Akron, OH1.0 in72 mph0
Davenport, IA1.0 inNone0
Pittsburgh, PA1.0 inNone0
Tulsa, OK1.0 in81 mph1
Kansas City, MO0.75 inNone0
Buffalo, NYNone58 mph0
Canton, OHNone72 mph0
Fayetteville, ARNoneNone1
Norman, OKNoneNone1
Oklahoma City, OKNone81 mph4
Rochester, NYNone58 mph0
Wichita, KSNone70 mph0

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