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Storm reports for August 17, 2019

NOAA recorded 85 hail reports, 234 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in 22 states on August 17, 2019.

in 22 states
327
Storm reports
Near 43.62, -100.96, SD
2.0 in
Largest hail
Near 34.64, -99.33, OK
94 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 24 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
8
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 August 17, 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

Hail85, most at 7 PM

Wind234, most at 4 PM

Tornado8, most at 10 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:34 PMEF1About 24 miles from Sioux Falls, SD6.95 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:54 PMEF1About 52 miles from Sioux Falls, SD3.94 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:59 PMEF0About 51 miles from Sioux Falls, SD4.01 mi long, 40 yd wide
10:59 PMEF0About 54 miles from Sioux Falls, SD0.79 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:08 PMEF0Near 44.11, -95.78, MN0.93 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:14 PMEF0Near 44.13, -95.76, MN1.15 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:25 PMEF0Near 43.86, -95.26, MN0.51 mi long, 20 yd wide
5:40 AMEF0About 16 miles from Davenport, IA0.1 mi long, 20 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
South Dakota5736210
Kansas4211310
New York403370
Pennsylvania393360
Ohio293260
Minnesota275166
Iowa247152
Oklahoma122100
New Hampshire9090
South Carolina8350
Vermont8080
Illinois6150
North Carolina6150
Maryland5320
Indiana3120
Virginia3030
Colorado2200
North Dakota2110
Texas2020
Missouri1100
Nebraska1100
Wyoming1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Scranton, PA1.5 in58 mph0
Albany, NY1.0 in58 mph0
Baltimore, MD1.0 inNone0
Charlotte, NC1.0 in58 mph0
Rapid City, SD1.0 inNone0
St. Louis, MO1.0 inNone0
Cedar Rapids, IA0.88 in75 mph0
Cincinnati, OHNone58 mph0
Cleveland, OHNone60 mph0
Davenport, IANone81 mph0
Hilton Head Island, SCNone46 mph0
Manchester, NHNone58 mph0
Norman, OKNone60 mph0
Oklahoma City, OKNone60 mph0
Pittsburgh, PANone58 mph0
Syracuse, NYNone58 mph0
Utica, NYNone58 mph0
Wichita, KSNone60 mph0
Winston-Salem, NCNone58 mph0

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