Oklahoma storm reports for May 15, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, Oklahoma, May 15, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 27 hail reports, 12 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Oklahoma on May 15, 2020.

in Oklahoma; 41
Storm reports: About 48 miles from Norman, OK; 2.0 in
Largest hail: About 54 miles from Norman, OK; 76 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 47 miles from Tulsa, OK; 2
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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 15, 2020 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

Hail27, most at 5 PM

Wind12, most at 6 PM

Tornado2, most at 9 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
9:38 AM	EF1	About 47 miles from Tulsa, OK	4.8 mi long, 525 yd wide
7:32 PM	Not rated	About 35 miles from Wichita Falls, TX	0.3 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
2:17 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Norman, OK
3:02 PM	1.25 in	About 56 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
3:02 PM	1.25 in	About 60 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
3:08 PM	2.0 in	About 48 miles from Norman, OK
3:12 PM	1.75 in	About 53 miles from Norman, OK
3:20 PM	1.75 in	About 58 miles from Norman, OK
3:25 PM	1.5 in	About 53 miles from Norman, OK
3:28 PM	1.5 in	About 56 miles from Norman, OK
4:46 PM	0.88 in	About 49 miles from Norman, OK
4:56 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Norman, OK
5:07 PM	1.5 in	About 52 miles from Norman, OK
5:08 PM	1.0 in	About 52 miles from Wichita Falls, TX

Show all 27 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:21 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.63, -99.33, OK
5:23 PM	1.75 in	Near 34.60, -99.33, OK
5:24 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.61, -99.33, OK
5:36 PM	1.25 in	Near 34.65, -99.31, OK
5:37 PM	2.0 in	Near 34.63, -99.29, OK
5:38 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.93, -98.41, OK
6:20 PM	1.0 in	About 59 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
6:37 PM	1.25 in	About 39 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
6:41 PM	0.75 in	About 39 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
6:46 PM	1.75 in	About 43 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
6:51 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
7:00 PM	1.0 in	About 57 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
7:15 PM	1.0 in	About 41 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
7:35 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Norman, OK
8:37 PM	0.88 in	About 24 miles from Wichita Falls, TX

Time	Gust	Where
9:17 AM	70 mph	About 39 miles from Tulsa, OK
10:30 AM	59 mph	Near 35.49, -95.12, OK
10:59 AM	70 mph	About 50 miles from Tulsa, OK
1:46 PM	64 mph	Near 35.17, -94.67, OK
1:46 PM	70 mph	Near 35.31, -94.79, OK
3:07 PM	64 mph	Near 34.78, -98.27, OK
4:55 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
4:55 PM	64 mph	About 54 miles from Norman, OK
6:41 PM	59 mph	About 41 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
6:50 PM	66 mph	About 54 miles from Norman, OK
6:50 PM	64 mph	About 43 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
6:55 PM	76 mph	About 54 miles from Norman, OK

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