Storm reports for March 16, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, March 16, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 93 hail reports, 16 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in 4 states on March 16, 2023.

in 4 states; 114
Storm reports: Near 28.45, -99.25, TX; 4.0 in
Largest hail: About 45 miles from Mesquite, TX; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 5 miles from Irving, TX; 5
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 March 16, 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

Hail93, most at 3 PM

Wind16, most at 4 PM

Tornado5, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:10 PM	EF0	Near 18.17, -65.88, PR	0.25 mi long, 7 yd wide
2:57 PM	EF0	About 50 miles from Norman, OK	0.1 mi long, 20 yd wide
4:47 PM	EF1	About 5 miles from Irving, TX	6.37 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:52 PM	EF1	About 2 miles from Irving, TX	0.71 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:58 PM	EF1	About 44 miles from Mesquite, TX	2.77 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
1:13 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
1:15 PM	1.75 in	About 44 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
1:15 PM	2.0 in	About 46 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
1:49 PM	0.75 in	About 46 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
1:50 PM	0.88 in	About 39 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
1:57 PM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
2:02 PM	1.75 in	About 42 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
2:16 PM	1.75 in	About 40 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
2:30 PM	1.75 in	About 47 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
2:34 PM	1.75 in	About 52 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
2:40 PM	1.5 in	Near 32.88, -98.55, TX
3:05 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from Wichita Falls, TX

Show all 93 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
3:10 PM	1.75 in	About 40 miles from Fort Worth, TX
3:10 PM	0.88 in	About 46 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
3:11 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Norman, OK
3:12 PM	2.5 in	About 44 miles from Fort Worth, TX
3:12 PM	2.5 in	About 43 miles from Fort Worth, TX
3:15 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Norman, OK
3:17 PM	1.75 in	About 37 miles from Fort Worth, TX
3:20 PM	1.75 in	About 50 miles from Norman, OK
3:27 PM	1.0 in	About 44 miles from Denton, TX
3:27 PM	1.0 in	About 30 miles from Fort Worth, TX
3:28 PM	1.5 in	About 28 miles from Fort Worth, TX
3:29 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Norman, OK
3:30 PM	1.5 in	About 27 miles from Fort Worth, TX
3:30 PM	3.0 in	About 27 miles from Fort Worth, TX
3:30 PM	2.0 in	About 52 miles from Norman, OK
3:32 PM	1.75 in	About 52 miles from Norman, OK
3:33 PM	1.0 in	About 52 miles from Norman, OK
3:33 PM	2.0 in	About 25 miles from Fort Worth, TX
3:35 PM	1.75 in	About 44 miles from Denton, TX
3:40 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Denton, TX
3:42 PM	0.75 in	About 54 miles from Norman, OK
3:42 PM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from Denton, TX
3:43 PM	1.75 in	About 51 miles from Norman, OK
3:46 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Norman, OK
3:48 PM	1.25 in	About 8 miles from Fort Worth, TX
3:56 PM	1.25 in	About 53 miles from Norman, OK
3:58 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Norman, OK
3:58 PM	1.0 in	About 4 miles from Fort Worth, TX
4:08 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.56, -96.63, OK
4:22 PM	1.0 in	About 57 miles from Denton, TX
4:22 PM	1.0 in	About 56 miles from Denton, TX
4:27 PM	0.75 in	About 58 miles from Denton, TX
4:31 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Denton, TX
4:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.29, -96.68, OK
4:50 PM	1.75 in	About 54 miles from Denton, TX
4:54 PM	1.24 in	About 56 miles from McKinney, TX
4:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.36, -96.42, OK
4:59 PM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Irving, TX
5:01 PM	1.75 in	About 7 miles from Fort Worth, TX
5:02 PM	1.25 in	In Irving, TX
5:05 PM	1.5 in	About 7 miles from Fort Worth, TX
5:06 PM	3.0 in	About 5 miles from Fort Worth, TX
5:07 PM	2.0 in	About 8 miles from Fort Worth, TX
5:10 PM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Fort Worth, TX
5:14 PM	1.5 in	About 31 miles from Arlington, TX
5:16 PM	2.0 in	About 30 miles from Arlington, TX
5:17 PM	1.5 in	About 7 miles from Fort Worth, TX
5:20 PM	1.75 in	About 28 miles from Arlington, TX
5:20 PM	2.0 in	About 28 miles from Arlington, TX
5:27 PM	1.25 in	About 5 miles from Garland, TX
5:28 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Arlington, TX
5:31 PM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from Arlington, TX
5:45 PM	1.75 in	About 24 miles from Arlington, TX
6:02 PM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
6:10 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Killeen, TX
6:12 PM	1.75 in	About 5 miles from Killeen, TX
6:17 PM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from Killeen, TX
6:31 PM	1.5 in	About 14 miles from Mesquite, TX
6:32 PM	1.0 in	About 12 miles from Mesquite, TX
6:36 PM	2.0 in	About 18 miles from Mesquite, TX
6:36 PM	1.25 in	About 15 miles from Mesquite, TX
6:36 PM	1.5 in	About 16 miles from Mesquite, TX
6:39 PM	1.75 in	About 18 miles from Mesquite, TX
6:39 PM	0.88 in	About 18 miles from Mesquite, TX
6:47 PM	1.75 in	About 34 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
7:02 PM	1.75 in	About 33 miles from Mesquite, TX
7:17 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.44, -93.44, LA
7:31 PM	1.0 in	About 28 miles from Tyler, TX
7:43 PM	1.0 in	About 15 miles from Killeen, TX
7:47 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.39, -93.59, LA
7:58 PM	1.0 in	About 26 miles from Mesquite, TX
8:40 PM	0.88 in	About 27 miles from Austin, TX
9:07 PM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Tyler, TX
9:14 PM	0.75 in	About 2 miles from Tyler, TX
9:45 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Tyler, TX
9:55 PM	0.88 in	About 27 miles from Longview, TX
10:03 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Tyler, TX
10:07 PM	0.88 in	About 28 miles from Longview, TX
10:31 PM	0.75 in	About 14 miles from Austin, TX
2:08 AM	2.5 in	Near 28.45, -99.25, TX
2:10 AM	4.0 in	Near 28.45, -99.25, TX

Time	Gust	Where
1:20 PM	60 mph	About 44 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
2:32 PM	60 mph	About 47 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
4:05 PM	61 mph	About 60 miles from Norman, OK
4:25 PM	64 mph	About 47 miles from Denton, TX
4:43 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Irving, TX
5:30 PM	46 mph	About 4 miles from Garland, TX
5:30 PM	46 mph	In Garland, TX
6:05 PM	70 mph	Near 33.88, -95.88, OK
8:00 PM	75 mph	About 45 miles from Mesquite, TX
8:00 PM	75 mph	About 44 miles from Mesquite, TX
8:50 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Tyler, TX
10:05 PM	60 mph	About 29 miles from Longview, TX

Show all 16 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
12:10 AM	60 mph	Near 31.89, -92.97, LA
12:10 AM	60 mph	Near 32.01, -92.91, LA
2:08 AM	70 mph	Near 28.45, -99.22, TX
6:27 AM	60 mph	About 46 miles from Corpus Christi, TX

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	72	60	9	3
Oklahoma	37	31	5	1
Louisiana	4	2	2	0
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Arlington, TX	3.0 in	58 mph	2
Fort Worth, TX	3.0 in	None	0
Killeen, TX	1.75 in	None	0
Mesquite, TX	1.5 in	46 mph	0
Carrollton, TX	1.25 in	58 mph	2
Dallas, TX	1.25 in	46 mph	1
Garland, TX	1.25 in	46 mph	0
Grand Prairie, TX	1.25 in	None	2
Irving, TX	1.25 in	58 mph	2
Lewisville, TX	1.25 in	58 mph	1
Richardson, TX	1.25 in	46 mph	0
Tyler, TX	1.0 in	58 mph	0
Austin, TX	0.75 in	None	0
Allen, TX	None	46 mph	0
Plano, TX	None	46 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.