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Texas storm reports for May 16, 2021

NOAA recorded 38 hail reports, 7 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in Texas on May 16, 2021.

in Texas
53
Storm reports
Near 32.72, -100.87, TX
4.25 in
Largest hail
About 16 miles from Amarillo, TX
75 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 7 miles from Richardson, TX
8
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 16, 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

Hail38, most at 7 PM

Wind7, most at 10 PM

Tornado8, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:14 AMEF0About 7 miles from Temple, TX1.95 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:42 PMNot ratedAbout 29 miles from Grand Prairie, TX2.33 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:00 PMEF0About 4 miles from Dallas, TX0.27 mi long, 30 yd wide
2:08 PMNot ratedAbout 26 miles from Grand Prairie, TX0.89 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:10 PMEF1About 7 miles from Richardson, TX0.6 mi long, 90 yd wide
3:14 PMNot ratedAbout 20 miles from Grand Prairie, TX0.64 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:40 PMNot ratedAbout 49 miles from Lubbock, TX0.97 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:46 PMEF0About 36 miles from Abilene, TX0.15 mi long, 130 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Amarillo, TX2.0 inNone0
Carrollton, TXNoneNone2
Dallas, TXNoneNone2
Garland, TXNoneNone2
Irving, TXNoneNone2
Mesquite, TXNoneNone2
Plano, TXNoneNone2
Richardson, TXNoneNone2
Temple, TXNoneNone1

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