Storm reports for August 17, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, August 17, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 7 hail reports, 29 wind reports and 1 tornado report in 13 states on August 17, 2023.

in 13 states; 37
Storm reports: About 49 miles from Peoria, IL; 1.5 in
Largest hail: About 47 miles from Port St. Lucie, FL; 74 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 10 miles from Norwich, CT; 1
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 August 17, 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

Hail7, most at 5 PM

Wind29, most at 8 PM

Tornado1, most at 6 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:53 AM	EF1	About 10 miles from Norwich, CT	2.7 mi long, 200 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
7:31 AM	1.5 in	About 49 miles from Peoria, IL
7:45 AM	1.0 in	About 40 miles from Peoria, IL
3:20 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Port St. Lucie, FL
5:03 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
5:25 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Tucson, AZ
5:30 PM	1.25 in	About 42 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
5:45 PM	1.25 in	About 41 miles from Fort Wayne, IN

Time	Gust	Where
1:10 PM	40 mph	Near 18.37, -67.12, PR
1:33 PM	59 mph	About 19 miles from Miami, FL
1:56 PM	40 mph	Near 18.39, -66.17, PR
2:08 PM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Miami, FL
3:15 PM	74 mph	About 47 miles from Port St. Lucie, FL
3:15 PM	74 mph	About 45 miles from Port St. Lucie, FL
3:15 PM	74 mph	About 45 miles from Port St. Lucie, FL
4:27 PM	69 mph	About 2 miles from Salt Lake City, UT
4:30 PM	61 mph	About 23 miles from Provo, UT
5:12 PM	64 mph	About 25 miles from Tucson, AZ
6:00 PM	70 mph	About 9 miles from Abilene, TX
6:30 PM	60 mph	About 53 miles from Fort Wayne, IN

Show all 29 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
6:55 PM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Ogden, UT
7:05 PM	70 mph	About 60 miles from Phoenix, AZ
7:22 PM	58 mph	About 47 miles from Richmond, VA
8:13 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Youngstown, OH
8:24 PM	59 mph	About 12 miles from Youngstown, OH
8:30 PM	64 mph	About 40 miles from Phoenix, AZ
8:45 PM	64 mph	Near 41.98, -112.91, UT
8:49 PM	49 mph	About 30 miles from Phoenix, AZ
9:00 PM	49 mph	About 28 miles from Phoenix, AZ
9:45 PM	59 mph	About 18 miles from Buffalo, NY
10:20 PM	60 mph	About 30 miles from Washington, DC
11:53 PM	59 mph	Near 45.70, -110.45, MT
12:08 AM	59 mph	Near 35.18, -114.51, AZ
1:00 AM	58 mph	Near 45.70, -110.45, MT
5:54 AM	58 mph	About 19 miles from New Haven, CT
6:00 AM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Hartford, CT
6:55 AM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Norwich, CT

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Arizona	7	1	6	0
Florida	6	1	5	0
Connecticut	4	0	3	1
Indiana	4	3	1	0
Utah	4	0	4	0
Illinois	2	2	0	0
Montana	2	0	2	0
Ohio	2	0	2	0
Puerto Rico	2	0	2	0
Maryland	1	0	1	0
New York	1	0	1	0
Texas	1	0	1	0
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
Abilene, TX	None	70 mph	0
Hartford, CT	None	58 mph	0
Miami, FL	None	60 mph	0
Norwich, CT	None	58 mph	1
Salt Lake City, UT	None	69 mph	0
Youngstown, OH	None	59 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.