Storm reports for February 27, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, February 27, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 22 hail reports, 36 wind reports and 13 tornado reports in 9 states on February 27, 2023.

in 9 states; 71
Storm reports: Near 39.45, -81.61, OH; 3.5 in
Largest hail: About 59 miles from Toledo, OH; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 14 miles from Indianapolis, IN; 13
Tornado reports

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

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 27, 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.

Reports by hour

Hail22, most at 1 PM

Wind36, most at 12 PM

Tornado13, most at 9 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
8:43 AM	EF0	Near 40.10, -88.36, IL	1.14 mi long, 30 yd wide
8:55 AM	Not rated	Near 40.17, -88.26, IL	1.53 mi long, 25 yd wide
9:15 AM	Not rated	Near 40.44, -88.00, IL	1.6 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:41 AM	EF0	About 36 miles from Chicago, IL	2.2 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:52 AM	EF0	About 25 miles from Chicago, IL	1.4 mi long, 30 yd wide
12:28 PM	EF1	About 14 miles from Indianapolis, IN	5.24 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:37 PM	EF1	About 23 miles from Indianapolis, IN	0.29 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:37 PM	EF1	About 23 miles from Dayton, OH	4.17 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:00 PM	EF0	About 25 miles from Fort Wayne, IN	0.59 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:19 PM	EF1	About 19 miles from Dayton, OH	2.31 mi long, 300 yd wide
2:24 PM	Not rated	Near 39.98, -124.00, CA	0.1 mi long, 10 yd wide
3:03 PM	EF0	About 17 miles from Columbus, OH	1.35 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:41 PM	EF0	About 18 miles from Columbus, OH	0.29 mi long, 90 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
9:50 AM	1.0 in	Near 40.10, -88.20, IL
9:55 AM	0.88 in	Near 40.13, -88.24, IL
10:10 AM	1.0 in	Near 40.30, -88.02, IL
10:27 AM	1.5 in	Near 40.21, -88.00, IL
12:05 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from South Bend, IN
1:03 PM	1.25 in	About 31 miles from Cincinnati, OH
1:10 PM	1.75 in	About 27 miles from Cincinnati, OH
1:16 PM	2.0 in	About 26 miles from Cincinnati, OH
1:16 PM	1.25 in	About 27 miles from Cincinnati, OH
1:56 PM	0.88 in	About 24 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
1:59 PM	0.75 in	About 5 miles from Dayton, OH
2:00 PM	0.75 in	About 6 miles from Dayton, OH

Show all 22 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
2:06 PM	1.5 in	About 7 miles from Dayton, OH
2:06 PM	1.5 in	About 13 miles from Dayton, OH
2:11 PM	2.0 in	About 13 miles from Dayton, OH
2:16 PM	1.0 in	About 17 miles from Dayton, OH
5:14 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.45, -81.84, OH
5:15 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.44, -81.91, OH
5:22 PM	2.5 in	Near 39.45, -81.69, OH
5:27 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.46, -81.62, OH
5:28 PM	3.5 in	Near 39.45, -81.61, OH
5:38 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.47, -81.55, OH

Time	Gust	Where
9:40 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Chicago, IL
11:06 AM	58 mph	Near 40.58, -87.32, IN
12:04 PM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Indianapolis, IN
12:30 PM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Indianapolis, IN
12:35 PM	60 mph	About 54 miles from Indianapolis, IN
12:40 PM	70 mph	About 13 miles from Indianapolis, IN
12:44 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Cincinnati, OH
12:47 PM	58 mph	About 48 miles from Indianapolis, IN
12:48 PM	64 mph	About 26 miles from Indianapolis, IN
12:49 PM	59 mph	About 32 miles from Indianapolis, IN
12:55 PM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Dayton, OH
1:33 PM	55 mph	About 24 miles from Fort Wayne, IN

Show all 36 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
1:40 PM	60 mph	About 7 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
1:50 PM	64 mph	About 13 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
1:55 PM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
1:55 PM	60 mph	About 9 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
1:58 PM	60 mph	About 8 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
2:08 PM	60 mph	About 30 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
2:15 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Dayton, OH
2:15 PM	60 mph	About 49 miles from Springfield, MO
2:43 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Columbus, OH
2:52 PM	75 mph	About 59 miles from Toledo, OH
2:59 PM	60 mph	Near 38.44, -92.82, MO
2:59 PM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Toledo, OH
3:07 PM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Toledo, OH
3:50 PM	70 mph	About 42 miles from Knoxville, TN
4:00 PM	60 mph	About 12 miles from Knoxville, TN
4:00 PM	60 mph	About 13 miles from Knoxville, TN
4:07 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Columbus, OH
4:15 PM	60 mph	About 46 miles from Knoxville, TN
4:22 PM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Chattanooga, TN
4:50 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Knoxville, TN
5:07 PM	49 mph	About 58 miles from Columbus, OH
5:26 PM	52 mph	Near 39.40, -81.66, OH
5:29 PM	60 mph	Near 37.69, -100.37, KS
7:03 PM	52 mph	About 55 miles from Pittsburgh, PA

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Ohio	28	14	9	5
Indiana	22	4	16	2
Illinois	10	4	1	5
Tennessee	5	0	5	0
Missouri	2	0	2	0
California	1	0	0	1
Kansas	1	0	1	0
North Carolina	1	0	1	0
West Virginia	1	0	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Dayton, OH	2.0 in	None	0
Columbus, OH	None	58 mph	0
Fort Wayne, IN	None	64 mph	0
Indianapolis, IN	None	70 mph	1
Knoxville, TN	None	60 mph	0

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