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Storm reports for May 17, 2021

NOAA recorded 60 hail reports, 34 wind reports and 19 tornado reports in 9 states on May 17, 2021.

in 9 states
113
Storm reports
About 42 miles from Midland, TX
4.25 in
Largest hail
Near 27.60, -98.41, TX
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 55 miles from Midland, TX
19
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 17, 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

Hail60, most at 7 PM

Wind34, most at 1 AM

Tornado19, most at 1 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
12:43 PMEF0About 54 miles from Albuquerque, NM0.67 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:48 PMEF0About 16 miles from Lafayette, LA0.24 mi long, 10 yd wide
1:13 PMEF0About 23 miles from Lafayette, LA0.13 mi long, 10 yd wide
1:14 PMEF0About 15 miles from Lake Charles, LA0.01 mi long, 10 yd wide
1:17 PMEF0About 6 miles from Lake Charles, LA1.11 mi long, 10 yd wide
1:45 PMEF0About 23 miles from Albuquerque, NM0.03 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:08 PMEF0About 34 miles from Albuquerque, NM1.74 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:17 PMEF0About 21 miles from Lafayette, LA0.15 mi long, 10 yd wide
3:30 PMEF0About 32 miles from Lake Charles, LA0.2 mi long, 10 yd wide
4:12 PMEF0About 19 miles from Lafayette, LA0.11 mi long, 10 yd wide
4:45 PMNot ratedNear 41.76, -107.25, WY0.25 mi long, 20 yd wide
5:23 PMEF0Near 34.52, -103.62, NM0.31 mi long, 50 yd wide
Show all 19 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
5:33 PMEF0Near 35.55, -103.20, NM2.67 mi long, 60 yd wide
6:34 PMEF0Near 37.70, -101.64, KS0.4 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:35 PMNot ratedAbout 48 miles from Amarillo, TX0.86 mi long, 20 yd wide
7:11 PMEF2About 55 miles from Midland, TX11.4 mi long, 1056 yd wide
7:50 PMNot ratedAbout 15 miles from Lubbock, TX0.42 mi long, 30 yd wide
2:51 AMEF1About 25 miles from Slidell, LA1.62 mi long, 175 yd wide
3:16 AMEF0About 20 miles from New Orleans, LA0.31 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas7748263
New Mexico14815
Louisiana12039
Colorado3300
Kansas2011
Oklahoma2020
Nevada1010
Utah1100
Wyoming1001

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Amarillo, TX2.0 in70 mph0
Midland, TX2.0 inNone0
Lubbock, TX1.75 inNone1
Abilene, TX1.0 inNone0
Colorado Springs, CO1.0 inNone0
Baton Rouge, LANone81 mph0
Lake Charles, LANoneNone2
Laredo, TXNone64 mph0
New Orleans, LANone58 mph0
San Antonio, TXNone64 mph0

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