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Texas storm reports for May 3, 2021

NOAA recorded 144 hail reports, 29 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in Texas on May 3, 2021.

in Texas
179
Storm reports
About 13 miles from San Antonio, TX
5.5 in
Largest hail
Near 33.15, -95.62, TX
87 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 43 miles from Arlington, TX
6
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • 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 3, 2021 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

Hail144, most at 8 PM

Wind29, most at 11 PM

Tornado6, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
6:02 PMEF0About 33 miles from Fort Worth, TX0.36 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:10 PMNot ratedAbout 43 miles from Waco, TX0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:18 PMEF2About 43 miles from Arlington, TX3.36 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:41 PMEF0About 9 miles from McKinney, TX0.51 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:00 PMEF0About 28 miles from Grand Prairie, TX0.24 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:43 PMEF2About 28 miles from Grand Prairie, TX5.43 mi long, 659 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
San Antonio, TX5.5 inNone0
Fort Worth, TX1.75 inNone0
Temple, TX1.75 inNone0
San Marcos, TX1.5 inNone0
Denton, TX1.25 inNone0
Lewisville, TX1.25 inNone0
Dallas, TX1.0 inNone0
Frisco, TX1.0 in60 mph1
Garland, TX1.0 inNone0
McKinney, TX1.0 in60 mph1
Mesquite, TX1.0 inNone0
Richardson, TX1.0 inNone0
New Braunfels, TX0.88 inNone0
Wichita Falls, TX0.75 in71 mph0
Allen, TXNone60 mph0
Plano, TXNone60 mph0

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