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Texas storm reports for May 17, 2021

NOAA recorded 48 hail reports, 26 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in Texas on May 17, 2021.

in Texas
77
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
3
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

Hail48, most at 7 PM

Wind26, most at 1 AM

Tornado3, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
6:35 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

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
Laredo, TXNone64 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.