Texas storm reports for May 15, 2020

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

NOAA recorded 33 hail reports, 53 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Texas on May 15, 2020.

in Texas; 87
Storm reports: Near 34.38, -100.09, TX; 2.0 in
Largest hail: About 60 miles from Abilene, TX; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 18 miles from Beaumont, TX; 1
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

Hail33, most at 8 PM

Wind53, most at 5 PM

Tornado1, most at 6 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:48 AM	EF1	About 18 miles from Beaumont, TX	4.47 mi long, 25 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:10 PM	1.5 in	About 42 miles from Midland, TX
3:45 PM	0.75 in	About 24 miles from Lubbock, TX
3:47 PM	0.75 in	Near 34.40, -100.88, TX
3:59 PM	1.25 in	About 10 miles from Odessa, TX
3:59 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Odessa, TX
4:05 PM	1.25 in	About 20 miles from Midland, TX
4:19 PM	1.0 in	About 59 miles from Lubbock, TX
4:32 PM	1.75 in	About 20 miles from Midland, TX
5:28 PM	1.5 in	Near 34.26, -100.93, TX
5:32 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.26, -100.47, TX
6:00 PM	1.25 in	Near 34.30, -99.92, TX
6:02 PM	2.0 in	Near 34.38, -100.09, TX

Show all 33 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
6:19 PM	1.25 in	Near 34.36, -100.02, TX
6:33 PM	1.0 in	About 37 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
6:34 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.29, -99.75, TX
7:16 PM	0.88 in	Near 34.27, -99.51, TX
7:40 PM	0.75 in	About 48 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
7:43 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.37, -103.02, TX
7:50 PM	0.75 in	Near 29.30, -100.79, TX
7:56 PM	1.0 in	Near 30.06, -100.02, TX
8:00 PM	0.88 in	About 31 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
8:10 PM	1.0 in	About 56 miles from Abilene, TX
8:17 PM	1.5 in	About 21 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
8:28 PM	1.0 in	About 36 miles from San Angelo, TX
8:28 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
8:34 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
8:43 PM	0.88 in	About 12 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
8:53 PM	0.75 in	About 34 miles from Amarillo, TX
8:58 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.01, -102.56, TX
9:02 PM	1.25 in	Near 36.20, -102.51, TX
11:10 PM	0.75 in	About 16 miles from San Antonio, TX
11:26 PM	1.0 in	About 21 miles from San Antonio, TX
11:39 PM	1.25 in	About 21 miles from San Antonio, TX

Time	Gust	Where
4:45 PM	60 mph	Near 33.24, -100.57, TX
4:55 PM	70 mph	About 4 miles from Midland, TX
4:59 PM	68 mph	About 29 miles from Midland, TX
5:10 PM	59 mph	About 42 miles from Lubbock, TX
5:29 PM	70 mph	About 41 miles from Midland, TX
5:30 PM	75 mph	Near 30.60, -101.88, TX
5:33 PM	60 mph	About 54 miles from Midland, TX
5:39 PM	59 mph	About 53 miles from Lubbock, TX
5:46 PM	60 mph	Near 34.34, -100.06, TX
5:55 PM	64 mph	Near 34.42, -100.20, TX
6:00 PM	67 mph	About 39 miles from Midland, TX
6:00 PM	63 mph	Near 33.94, -100.85, TX

Show all 53 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
6:01 PM	64 mph	About 54 miles from Abilene, TX
6:05 PM	75 mph	Near 32.39, -100.91, TX
6:10 PM	61 mph	Near 32.36, -100.85, TX
6:15 PM	64 mph	Near 30.73, -101.20, TX
7:10 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from San Angelo, TX
7:29 PM	61 mph	Near 29.38, -100.93, TX
7:32 PM	66 mph	About 7 miles from Abilene, TX
7:38 PM	61 mph	About 38 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
7:40 PM	64 mph	About 40 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
7:49 PM	59 mph	About 7 miles from San Angelo, TX
7:55 PM	60 mph	Near 29.95, -100.17, TX
8:00 PM	70 mph	About 31 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
8:07 PM	64 mph	About 47 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
8:10 PM	70 mph	About 23 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
8:36 PM	59 mph	About 23 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
8:42 PM	64 mph	About 11 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
8:52 PM	59 mph	About 5 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
8:55 PM	81 mph	About 60 miles from Abilene, TX
9:10 PM	81 mph	Near 31.66, -98.96, TX
9:10 PM	60 mph	About 55 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
9:15 PM	64 mph	Near 29.21, -99.79, TX
9:15 PM	81 mph	Near 31.84, -99.01, TX
9:20 PM	81 mph	Near 31.79, -98.95, TX
9:30 PM	81 mph	Near 31.72, -99.09, TX
10:45 PM	70 mph	Near 28.45, -99.22, TX
11:00 PM	70 mph	About 38 miles from San Antonio, TX
11:02 PM	64 mph	About 36 miles from Fort Worth, TX
11:10 PM	81 mph	About 44 miles from San Antonio, TX
11:20 PM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Austin, TX
11:21 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Fort Worth, TX
11:26 PM	81 mph	About 21 miles from San Antonio, TX
11:45 PM	62 mph	About 30 miles from Arlington, TX
12:26 AM	59 mph	About 59 miles from San Antonio, TX
12:55 AM	60 mph	About 58 miles from Corpus Christi, TX
1:10 AM	64 mph	About 51 miles from Corpus Christi, TX
1:30 AM	60 mph	About 44 miles from Corpus Christi, TX
1:50 AM	60 mph	About 45 miles from Corpus Christi, TX
1:55 AM	60 mph	About 14 miles from Corpus Christi, TX
3:25 AM	60 mph	About 9 miles from Sugar Land, TX
3:32 AM	61 mph	About 3 miles from Pearland, TX
6:27 AM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Beaumont, TX

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Odessa, TX	1.25 in	None
Wichita Falls, TX	1.0 in	64 mph
Abilene, TX	None	66 mph
Austin, TX	None	58 mph
Corpus Christi, TX	None	60 mph
Houston, TX	None	60 mph
Midland, TX	None	70 mph
Pasadena, TX	None	61 mph
Pearland, TX	None	61 mph
San Angelo, TX	None	59 mph
Sugar Land, TX	None	60 mph

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