Storm reports for May 23, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, May 23, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 44 hail reports, 29 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 8 states on May 23, 2023.

in 8 states; 75
Storm reports: About 13 miles from Lubbock, TX; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 48 miles from Wichita Falls, TX; 76 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 19 miles from Abilene, TX; 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 23, 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

Hail44, most at 5 PM

Wind29, most at 3 PM

Tornado2, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
5:57 PM	Not rated	Near 34.35, -103.06, NM	0.5 mi long, 20 yd wide
9:13 PM	EF2	About 19 miles from Abilene, TX	4.61 mi long, 700 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:51 PM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Conroe, TX
4:17 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Pensacola, FL
4:35 PM	0.88 in	Near 34.60, -103.22, NM
4:47 PM	0.75 in	Near 35.48, -103.48, NM
4:47 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.59, -103.07, NM
4:52 PM	0.75 in	Near 35.45, -103.46, NM
5:00 PM	2.0 in	Near 34.63, -103.16, NM
5:00 PM	1.25 in	Near 34.99, -103.21, NM
5:12 PM	1.75 in	Near 34.82, -103.21, NM
5:12 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.80, -103.21, NM
5:16 PM	1.25 in	Near 34.54, -103.06, NM
5:18 PM	1.75 in	Near 34.82, -103.28, NM

Show all 44 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.52, -103.09, NM
5:30 PM	1.0 in	About 52 miles from Fargo, ND
5:37 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Lubbock, TX
5:37 PM	1.5 in	About 18 miles from Lubbock, TX
5:58 PM	1.5 in	About 34 miles from Killeen, TX
6:01 PM	1.25 in	Near 34.52, -102.90, TX
6:02 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.92, -112.47, ID
6:05 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.98, -112.45, ID
6:08 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.90, -112.43, ID
6:10 PM	2.75 in	About 13 miles from Lubbock, TX
6:15 PM	2.0 in	About 14 miles from Round Rock, TX
6:22 PM	1.5 in	Near 34.34, -102.94, TX
6:26 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Round Rock, TX
6:27 PM	1.0 in	About 28 miles from Lubbock, TX
6:36 PM	1.75 in	About 23 miles from Lubbock, TX
7:15 PM	1.5 in	About 51 miles from Lubbock, TX
7:28 PM	1.75 in	Near 33.47, -99.52, TX
7:58 PM	0.88 in	About 42 miles from Lubbock, TX
8:25 PM	2.0 in	About 23 miles from Killeen, TX
8:27 PM	2.25 in	About 52 miles from Abilene, TX
8:35 PM	1.5 in	About 50 miles from Midland, TX
8:35 PM	2.0 in	Near 32.47, -100.92, TX
8:46 PM	0.75 in	Near 44.24, -105.68, WY
8:50 PM	1.5 in	About 27 miles from Killeen, TX
8:50 PM	1.5 in	About 40 miles from Midland, TX
9:20 PM	2.5 in	About 19 miles from Abilene, TX
9:32 PM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Abilene, TX
9:47 PM	1.0 in	About 40 miles from Bismarck, ND
10:24 PM	1.0 in	Near 46.17, -102.79, ND
10:32 PM	0.75 in	Near 33.42, -99.82, TX
11:14 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from San Angelo, TX
11:18 PM	1.75 in	About 19 miles from San Angelo, TX

Time	Gust	Where
1:30 PM	58 mph	Near 30.73, -85.49, FL
2:30 PM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Conroe, TX
2:32 PM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Conroe, TX
2:32 PM	70 mph	About 28 miles from Conroe, TX
3:13 PM	75 mph	About 10 miles from Conroe, TX
3:13 PM	75 mph	About 10 miles from Conroe, TX
3:22 PM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Conroe, TX
3:34 PM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Conroe, TX
3:40 PM	58 mph	In Conroe, TX
4:00 PM	58 mph	About 3 miles from Conroe, TX
4:26 PM	62 mph	Near 40.47, -115.84, NV
5:25 PM	59 mph	Near 40.12, -112.95, UT

Show all 29 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
5:30 PM	58 mph	About 52 miles from Fargo, ND
5:30 PM	64 mph	About 40 miles from Provo, UT
5:53 PM	61 mph	Near 42.92, -112.60, ID
6:04 PM	60 mph	Near 42.86, -112.42, ID
6:22 PM	60 mph	Near 43.03, -112.75, ID
6:45 PM	60 mph	Near 43.04, -112.44, ID
7:28 PM	61 mph	Near 32.90, -101.20, TX
7:40 PM	60 mph	Near 43.48, -112.03, ID
8:22 PM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Lubbock, TX
9:10 PM	69 mph	About 47 miles from Abilene, TX
9:15 PM	60 mph	About 43 miles from Abilene, TX
9:17 PM	60 mph	Near 34.27, -100.60, TX
9:50 PM	75 mph	About 21 miles from Abilene, TX
10:11 PM	70 mph	Near 33.90, -100.14, TX
10:25 PM	69 mph	About 17 miles from San Angelo, TX
11:10 PM	68 mph	About 48 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
11:15 PM	76 mph	About 48 miles from Wichita Falls, TX

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	45	25	19	1
New Mexico	12	11	0	1
Idaho	8	3	5	0
North Dakota	4	3	1	0
Florida	2	1	1	0
Utah	2	0	2	0
Nevada	1	0	1	0
Wyoming	1	1	0	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Lubbock, TX	2.75 in	None
Round Rock, TX	2.0 in	None
Conroe, TX	1.0 in	75 mph

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