Storm reports for March 15, 2024

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, March 15, 2024
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 43 hail reports, 39 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 6 states on March 15, 2024.

in 6 states; 84
Storm reports: About 18 miles from Sugar Land, TX; 2.75 in
Largest hail: Near 31.34, -83.02, GA; 100 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 31.17, -99.23, 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 March 15, 2024 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

Hail43, most at 4 PM

Wind39, most at 4 PM

Tornado2, 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
9:07 AM	EF1	Near 31.17, -99.23, TX	0.02 mi long, 10 yd wide
1:35 PM	Not rated	About 16 miles from Slidell, LA	0.6 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
7:25 AM	1.0 in	Near 30.88, -101.67, TX
7:28 AM	2.0 in	About 37 miles from San Angelo, TX
8:25 AM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from San Angelo, TX
8:44 AM	1.0 in	Near 31.13, -99.39, TX
8:59 AM	1.0 in	Near 31.16, -99.33, TX
9:01 AM	1.5 in	Near 30.63, -99.83, TX
9:20 AM	0.75 in	Near 31.22, -99.21, TX
10:00 AM	1.0 in	Near 30.76, -99.23, TX
10:35 AM	0.88 in	Near 32.05, -88.96, MS
12:05 PM	1.1 in	About 2 miles from Montgomery, AL
1:12 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.72, -87.42, AL
1:37 PM	0.88 in	About 18 miles from Columbus, GA

Show all 43 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
2:42 PM	1.75 in	About 28 miles from Columbus, GA
2:58 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Columbus, GA
3:17 PM	2.5 in	About 29 miles from Katy, TX
3:17 PM	1.75 in	About 27 miles from Katy, TX
3:21 PM	1.75 in	About 27 miles from Katy, TX
3:30 PM	1.75 in	About 13 miles from Sugar Land, TX
3:39 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.20, -83.91, GA
3:56 PM	1.0 in	About 4 miles from Sugar Land, TX
4:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 29.43, -96.99, TX
4:01 PM	0.75 in	About 12 miles from Beaumont, TX
4:06 PM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Sugar Land, TX
4:10 PM	1.0 in	In Sugar Land, TX
4:17 PM	1.5 in	About 3 miles from Sugar Land, TX
4:17 PM	1.0 in	About 4 miles from Sugar Land, TX
4:23 PM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Sugar Land, TX
4:30 PM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Houston, TX
4:45 PM	1.25 in	About 7 miles from Beaumont, TX
4:45 PM	1.5 in	About 7 miles from Pasadena, TX
4:58 PM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Beaumont, TX
5:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 29.36, -100.78, TX
5:37 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.34, -83.59, GA
6:27 PM	1.0 in	About 26 miles from Pearland, TX
6:29 PM	1.75 in	About 25 miles from Pearland, TX
8:08 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Los Angeles, CA
8:20 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Los Angeles, CA
2:47 AM	1.75 in	About 24 miles from Sugar Land, TX
2:59 AM	2.5 in	About 18 miles from Sugar Land, TX
3:03 AM	2.5 in	About 18 miles from Sugar Land, TX
3:24 AM	1.5 in	About 20 miles from Sugar Land, TX
3:59 AM	2.75 in	About 18 miles from Sugar Land, TX
4:15 AM	0.88 in	About 27 miles from Edinburg, TX

Time	Gust	Where
7:26 AM	58 mph	Near 32.83, -89.04, MS
7:39 AM	60 mph	Near 33.98, -85.79, AL
7:50 AM	60 mph	Near 34.11, -85.56, AL
8:12 AM	60 mph	About 55 miles from Birmingham, AL
10:35 AM	58 mph	Near 31.98, -88.96, MS
1:10 PM	60 mph	About 31 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
1:10 PM	60 mph	About 27 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
1:30 PM	60 mph	About 5 miles from Slidell, LA
1:45 PM	60 mph	About 29 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
1:59 PM	60 mph	About 4 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
2:02 PM	60 mph	About 3 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
2:05 PM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Baton Rouge, LA

Show all 39 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
2:05 PM	60 mph	About 3 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
2:34 PM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:05 PM	60 mph	About 2 miles from Slidell, LA
3:15 PM	63 mph	About 29 miles from Katy, TX
4:03 PM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Sugar Land, TX
4:30 PM	58 mph	About 6 miles from Beaumont, TX
4:40 PM	77 mph	In Sugar Land, TX
4:43 PM	70 mph	Near 32.05, -83.10, GA
4:45 PM	61 mph	About 18 miles from Sugar Land, TX
4:45 PM	60 mph	About 8 miles from Houston, TX
5:18 PM	62 mph	About 20 miles from Sugar Land, TX
5:30 PM	61 mph	About 22 miles from Sugar Land, TX
5:35 PM	58 mph	Near 31.34, -83.70, GA
5:45 PM	58 mph	Near 31.39, -83.64, GA
5:45 PM	58 mph	Near 31.36, -83.68, GA
5:57 PM	62 mph	About 11 miles from Pasadena, TX
6:11 PM	69 mph	About 28 miles from Galveston, TX
6:11 PM	69 mph	About 27 miles from Galveston, TX
6:15 PM	75 mph	About 27 miles from Pearland, TX
6:15 PM	70 mph	About 26 miles from Pearland, TX
6:21 PM	66 mph	About 31 miles from Galveston, TX
6:35 PM	100 mph	Near 31.34, -83.02, GA
7:28 PM	61 mph	About 20 miles from Galveston, TX
7:54 PM	52 mph	Near 31.53, -82.93, GA
8:02 PM	52 mph	Near 31.50, -82.83, GA
10:12 PM	60 mph	Near 28.45, -99.22, TX
4:00 AM	63 mph	About 15 miles from Edinburg, TX

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	51	33	17	1
Georgia	11	4	7	0
Louisiana	10	0	10	0
Alabama	6	3	3	0
Mississippi	4	1	2	1
California	2	2	0	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Sugar Land, TX	1.75 in	77 mph
Houston, TX	1.5 in	60 mph
Pasadena, TX	1.5 in	62 mph
Pearland, TX	1.5 in	60 mph
Beaumont, TX	1.25 in	58 mph
Montgomery, AL	1.1 in	None
Baton Rouge, LA	None	60 mph
Edinburg, TX	None	63 mph
Slidell, LA	None	60 mph

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