Storm reports for May 15, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, May 15, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 9 hail reports, 17 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 9 states on May 15, 2023.

in 9 states; 28
Storm reports: About 13 miles from Huntsville, AL; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 36 miles from Huntsville, AL; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 16 miles from Springfield, MO; 2
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

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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 15, 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

Hail9, most at 4 PM

Wind17, most at 3 PM

Tornado2, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
3:41 PM	EF0	About 16 miles from Springfield, MO	1.49 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:50 PM	EF0	Near 28.68, -99.19, TX	0.71 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
2:57 PM	1.0 in	In Irving, TX
3:32 PM	0.88 in	About 19 miles from Springfield, MO
4:05 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.17, -90.72, MO
4:18 PM	1.75 in	About 13 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:25 PM	1.75 in	Near 30.67, -85.34, FL
5:01 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.98, -90.54, MO
5:26 PM	1.75 in	Near 37.00, -90.02, MO
6:37 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.98, -88.93, TN
6:48 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.62, -88.83, TN

Time	Gust	Where
1:20 PM	60 mph	Near 34.73, -88.11, AL
1:23 PM	58 mph	Near 34.73, -88.09, AL
2:15 PM	58 mph	In Tallahassee, FL
2:20 PM	72 mph	Near 32.77, -89.12, MS
2:41 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Tallahassee, FL
3:27 PM	49 mph	About 44 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:27 PM	81 mph	About 36 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:27 PM	69 mph	About 21 miles from Pensacola, FL
3:40 PM	60 mph	About 41 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:50 PM	61 mph	About 20 miles from Springfield, MO
4:15 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from San Antonio, TX
4:26 PM	58 mph	Near 30.69, -85.39, FL

Show all 17 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
4:35 PM	49 mph	About 17 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:20 PM	58 mph	Near 31.29, -85.07, GA
6:30 PM	58 mph	Near 35.98, -88.93, TN
12:00 AM	49 mph	Near 48.62, -116.03, MT
6:25 AM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Kingsport, TN

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Alabama	6	1	5	0
Missouri	6	4	1	1
Florida	5	1	4	0
Tennessee	4	2	2	0
Texas	3	1	1	1
Georgia	1	0	1	0
Louisiana	1	0	1	0
Mississippi	1	0	1	0
Montana	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
Huntsville, AL	1.75 in	None
Arlington, TX	1.0 in	None
Carrollton, TX	1.0 in	None
Dallas, TX	1.0 in	None
Grand Prairie, TX	1.0 in	None
Irving, TX	1.0 in	None
Lewisville, TX	1.0 in	None
Tallahassee, FL	None	58 mph

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