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Storm reports for February 26, 2023

NOAA recorded 29 hail reports, 204 wind reports and 19 tornado reports in 8 states on February 26, 2023.

in 8 states
252
Storm reports
Near 35.23, -100.51, TX
1.75 in
Largest hail
Near 34.64, -100.80, TX
114 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, near 35.61, -99.70, OK
19
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; 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
  • Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
  • 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 February 26, 2023 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. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

What happened

Between 6:22 and 6:37 p.m. CST, Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet sites measured wind gusts up to 114 mph near Memphis in Hall County, Texas.1 In Memphis, wind-driven hail up to golf ball size broke numerous windows.2

At 7:13 p.m. CST an EF2 tornado with winds of 125 to 130 mph struck Cheyenne in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. It killed 1 person and destroyed at least five homes.3,4 Just after 9 p.m. CST, an EF2 tornado with winds of 130 to 135 mph tracked 27 miles from near Cole through Goldsby and south and east Norman, injuring 12 people.3 In Norman it did EF2 damage to several apartment buildings, homes and businesses near State Highway 9 and US Highway 77. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $50 million in property damage in Cleveland County.5 Emergency management officials estimated 69 homes damaged in Norman, 40 of them destroyed.4 At 9:45 p.m. CST an EF2 touched down north of Shawnee. It and an EF1 near McCloud damaged 47 homes in the McCloud and Shawnee areas.3,4

The Oklahoma Mesonet measured an 86 mph gust at Fittstown, and state officials reported at least 55 storm-related injuries across Oklahoma that day.4

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1075349, thunderstorm wind, Hall County, Texas
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1075347, hail, Hall County, Texas
  3. 3. NWS Norman: The Severe Weather and Tornado Outbreak of February 26, 2023
  4. 4. Oklahoma Mesonet: Historic February Tornado Outbreak Strikes Oklahoma
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1082894, tornado, Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Reports by hour

Hail29, most at 9 PM

Wind204, most at 8 PM

Tornado19, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:42 PMEF0Near 37.03, -100.93, KS3.89 mi long, 10 yd wide
6:29 PMEF0Near 35.25, -100.40, TX0.19 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:41 PMEF1Near 35.39, -100.12, TX1.88 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:08 PMNot ratedNear 34.81, -99.95, OK7.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:13 PMEF1Near 35.15, -99.92, OK6 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:13 PMEF2Near 35.61, -99.70, OK7 mi long, 500 yd wide
7:23 PMEF1Near 34.94, -99.68, OK11 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:45 PMEF1Near 34.99, -99.20, OK7.5 mi long, 600 yd wide
8:31 PMEF0Near 36.94, -98.31, OK0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:32 PMEF0About 48 miles from Oklahoma City, OK5.1 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:52 PMEF0About 31 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.25 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:57 PMEF1About 24 miles from Oklahoma City, OK10.7 mi long, 200 yd wide
Show all 19 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
9:12 PMEF1About 9 miles from Oklahoma City, OK5.5 mi long, 500 yd wide
9:15 PMEF2About 14 miles from Norman, OK26.12 mi long, 900 yd wide
9:42 PMEF1About 15 miles from Norman, OK6 mi long, 440 yd wide
9:45 PMEF2About 26 miles from Norman, OK6.1 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:02 AMEF1About 52 miles from Fayetteville, AR0.75 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:25 AMEF0About 43 miles from Springfield, MO0.41 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:47 AMEF0About 33 miles from Springfield, MO1.29 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Oklahoma102206913
Texas575502
Missouri510483
Kansas334281
Arkansas6060
Colorado1010
Illinois1010
Indiana1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Norman, OK1.0 in70 mph2
Oklahoma City, OK1.0 in60 mph1
Allen, TXNone58 mph0
Amarillo, TXNone79 mph0
Fayetteville, ARNone58 mph0
Frisco, TXNone58 mph0
McKinney, TXNone58 mph0
Plano, TXNone58 mph0
Springfield, MONone60 mph0
Wichita, KSNone59 mph0
Wichita Falls, TXNone59 mph0

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