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Storm reports for May 27, 2019

NOAA recorded 137 hail reports, 79 wind reports and 62 tornado reports in 11 states on May 27, 2019.

in 11 states
278
Storm reports
Near 40.49, -87.09, IN
4.0 in
Largest hail
Near 40.54, -101.71, NE
89 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, about 14 miles from Dayton, OH
62
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 27, 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

NWS Wilmington confirmed 19 tornadoes in Ohio on May 27 and 28, 2019, including one EF4 and three EF3s.1 The EF4 touched down west of Brookville at 10:41 p.m. EDT and tracked 20 miles through Trotwood, northern Dayton and Riverside, with peak winds near 170 mph.2 Near Riverside Drive and the Stillwater River it tore the roofs and outer walls off well-built apartment buildings, and hundreds of homes, businesses and apartment complexes along its path had moderate to heavy damage.2 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $500 million in property damage and 166 injuries from this tornado.3

An EF3 with winds up to 150 mph touched down west of Celina at 10:02 p.m. On the city's west side, at least a dozen homes lost their roofs and many outer walls, and one person died when a car carried by the wind crashed into a house.4 Another EF3 near West Milton in Miami County left several homes along State Route 571 uninhabitable.5 At 11:12 p.m., an EF3 with winds of 135 to 140 mph touched down in Riverside and crossed into Beavercreek, lifting entire roofs off homes and collapsing upper-level walls of apartment buildings.6 Storm Events lists $50 million in property damage from it in Greene County.7

Earlier, around 8 p.m. EDT, hail 4 inches across fell at Montmorencie in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.8 An EF3 tornado north of Macy in Miami County destroyed two homes, and another EF3 in Wells County seriously injured two people at a dairy farm.9,10

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Wilmington, OH: Tornado Outbreak - May 27-28, 2019
  2. 2. NWS Wilmington, OH: Tornado Through Brookville, Trotwood, Dayton and Riverside in Montgomery County, OH - May 27, 2019
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 816403, tornado, Montgomery County, Ohio
  4. 4. NWS Wilmington, OH: Tornado in and near Celina, OH - May 27, 2019
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 817681, tornado, Miami County, Ohio
  6. 6. NWS Wilmington, OH: Tornado in Eastern Montgomery County and Western/Central Greene County, OH - May 27, 2019
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 817480, tornado, Greene County, Ohio
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 830230, hail, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
  9. 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 831595, tornado, Miami County, Indiana
  10. 10. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 831606, tornado, Wells County, Indiana

Reports by hour

Hail137, most at 7 PM

Wind79, most at 2 PM

Tornado62, most at 1 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
12:07 PMEF0About 50 miles from Rochester, MN0.6 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:23 PMEF1Near 43.05, -92.74, IA9.83 mi long, 105 yd wide
1:10 PMEF0About 58 miles from Rochester, MN4.07 mi long, 25 yd wide
1:23 PMEF0About 33 miles from Rochester, MN0.18 mi long, 25 yd wide
1:25 PMEF1About 50 miles from Rochester, MN12.62 mi long, 95 yd wide
1:25 PMEF3Near 40.67, -92.00, IA7.27 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:29 PMEF0About 29 miles from Rochester, MN0.21 mi long, 15 yd wide
1:36 PMEF1Near 40.78, -91.61, IA0.53 mi long, 20 yd wide
1:40 PMEF0About 24 miles from Rochester, MN0.19 mi long, 25 yd wide
1:47 PMEF0About 42 miles from Chicago, IL0.97 mi long, 30 yd wide
1:49 PMEF0About 37 miles from Rochester, MN6.19 mi long, 30 yd wide
2:03 PMEF0Near 40.76, -91.20, IA0.14 mi long, 20 yd wide
Show all 62 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
2:04 PMEF0About 28 miles from Chicago, IL3.23 mi long, 300 yd wide
3:15 PMEF0About 28 miles from Peoria, IL0.08 mi long, 10 yd wide
4:02 PMEF0About 53 miles from Greeley, CO0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:22 PMEF0Near 40.54, -103.44, CO0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:27 PMEF0About 42 miles from Rockford, IL0.69 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:27 PMEF0About 26 miles from Chicago, IL0.84 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:30 PMEF0About 26 miles from Chicago, IL1.05 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:38 PMEF0About 26 miles from Peoria, IL0.13 mi long, 10 yd wide
4:40 PMEF0About 53 miles from Boise, ID0.52 mi long, 10 yd wide
5:35 PMEF0Near 40.79, -102.80, CO0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:44 PMEF0Near 40.79, -102.55, CO0.02 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:53 PMEF0About 18 miles from Denver, CO0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:04 PMEF0About 23 miles from Greeley, CO0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:25 PMNot ratedNear 40.36, -102.63, CO0.01 mi long, 10 yd wide
6:34 PMEF1About 55 miles from Fort Wayne, IN0.58 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:51 PMEF3About 49 miles from South Bend, IN13.72 mi long, 800 yd wide
6:51 PMEF0Near 40.45, -102.44, CO0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:05 PMEF2About 26 miles from Indianapolis, IN5.89 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:10 PMEF2About 48 miles from Fort Wayne, IN4.09 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:26 PMEF1About 34 miles from Fort Wayne, IN1.9 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:29 PMEF1About 37 miles from Indianapolis, IN0.17 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:31 PMEF0Near 40.52, -102.06, CO0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:39 PMEF1About 40 miles from Indianapolis, IN2.45 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:43 PMEF0Near 40.54, -101.94, NE0.2 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:59 PMEF3About 38 miles from Fort Wayne, IN12.76 mi long, 1200 yd wide
8:23 PMEF1Near 40.59, -101.73, NE5.51 mi long, 250 yd wide
8:37 PMEF0Near 40.64, -101.63, NE0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:48 PMEF1About 35 miles from Dayton, OH1.42 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:02 PMEF3About 44 miles from Fort Wayne, IN10.84 mi long, 250 yd wide
9:04 PMEF1About 30 miles from Dayton, OH0.45 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:05 PMEF0Near 40.67, -101.54, NE0.2 mi long, 25 yd wide
9:25 PMEF3About 19 miles from Dayton, OH10.49 mi long, 1320 yd wide
9:33 PMEF1About 54 miles from Dayton, OH1.31 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:41 PMEF4About 14 miles from Dayton, OH18.17 mi long, 1050 yd wide
9:47 PMEF0About 54 miles from Dayton, OH3.95 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:47 PMEF0About 15 miles from Dayton, OH5.59 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:01 PMEF0About 58 miles from Dayton, OH0.22 mi long, 30 yd wide
10:08 PMEF0About 17 miles from Dayton, OH1.07 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:12 PMEF3About 5 miles from Dayton, OH9.92 mi long, 1230 yd wide
10:19 PMEF0About 15 miles from Dayton, OH3.05 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:28 PMEF0About 55 miles from Columbus, OH2.03 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:34 PMEF2About 6 miles from Dayton, OH7.57 mi long, 440 yd wide
10:45 PMEF0Near 40.03, -98.07, NE0.01 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:48 PMEF1About 25 miles from Dayton, OH5.77 mi long, 250 yd wide
11:23 PMEF0About 26 miles from Dayton, OH4.18 mi long, 250 yd wide
11:57 PMEF1About 30 miles from Columbus, OH3.77 mi long, 150 yd wide
12:09 AMEF1About 34 miles from Columbus, OH1.64 mi long, 75 yd wide
12:17 AMEF2About 35 miles from Columbus, OH5.31 mi long, 400 yd wide
12:35 AMEF1About 48 miles from Columbus, OH1.98 mi long, 750 yd wide
1:30 AMEF0About 54 miles from Columbus, OH0.12 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Nebraska7453165
Indiana4414219
Colorado433319
Illinois4215216
Ohio3810721
Iowa192107
Wyoming9900
Minnesota4004
Kansas3120
Idaho1001
Missouri1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Dayton, OH1.75 in60 mph5
Omaha, NE1.75 in75 mph0
Chicago, IL1.5 in63 mph0
Denver, CO1.25 inNone0
Cheyenne, WY1.0 inNone0
Greeley, CO1.0 inNone0
Boulder, CO0.75 inNone0
Des Moines, IANone58 mph0
Indianapolis, INNone58 mph0
South Bend, INNone58 mph0

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