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Storm reports for May 25, 2024

NOAA recorded 197 hail reports, 233 wind reports and 40 tornado reports in 20 states on May 25, 2024.

in 20 states
470
Storm reports
Near 36.14, -99.74, OK
3.5 in
Largest hail
Near 36.32, -91.45, AR
100 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 41 miles from Denton, TX
40
Tornado reports
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 May 25, 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.

What happened

Late on May 25, an EF3 tornado crossed Cooke County, Texas, from 10:08 to 10:49 p.m. CDT, with winds estimated at 140 mph near Valley View.1 It tore through a neighborhood of mostly manufactured and mobile homes, demolishing a few, and 7 people died there. Eighty people in the county were taken for treatment of injuries, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $15 million in property damage.1 Around 11:23 p.m. CDT, a second EF3 tornado north of Celina in Collin County destroyed the roofs and walls of at least 2 homes, with winds estimated at 165 mph.2

In northeast Oklahoma, an EF3 tornado with winds estimated at 145 to 155 mph formed near Owasso around 11:19 p.m. CDT and moved through Claremore, destroying more than 40 homes and businesses and damaging about 1,200 others in Rogers County.3 In Mayes County, it destroyed 18 homes and killed two people in a mobile home.4 Around 1:45 a.m. CDT on May 26, an EF2 tornado more than 1.5 miles wide damaged or destroyed nearly 600 homes and businesses in the Bentonville, Arkansas, area, and straight-line winds damaged hundreds of homes across Bentonville. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $80 million in property damage from the tornado and $20 million from the winds.5,6

From about 3:30 to 4:45 a.m. CDT, tornadoes rated up to EF3 crossed Boone, Marion and Baxter counties in Arkansas, destroying mobile homes and tearing siding and shingles from houses. They killed five people, and 17 were injured in the Briarcliff community.7,8,9

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1182292, tornado, Cooke County, Texas
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1182315, tornado, Collin County, Texas
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1184519, tornado, Rogers County, Oklahoma
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1184520, tornado, Mayes County, Oklahoma
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1184533, tornado, Benton County, Arkansas
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1188994, thunderstorm wind, Benton County, Arkansas
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1181735, tornado, Boone County, Arkansas
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1181746, tornado, Marion County, Arkansas
  9. 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1181781, tornado, Baxter County, Arkansas

Reports by hour

Hail197, most at 4 PM

Wind233, most at 11 PM

Tornado40, most at 12 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
3:59 PMEF0About 27 miles from Pittsburgh, PA0.1 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:16 PMEF1About 23 miles from Wichita Falls, TX3.43 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:33 PMEF1About 22 miles from Wichita Falls, TX3.4 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:42 PMEF2About 42 miles from Abilene, TX2.46 mi long, 70 yd wide
6:14 PMEF1Near 36.21, -99.19, OK2.6 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:29 PMNot ratedNear 36.29, -98.95, OK3.4 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:15 PMEF0Near 37.09, -98.40, KS1.34 mi long, 1 yd wide
7:29 PMEF2Near 37.08, -98.14, KS6.7 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:54 PMNot ratedAbout 53 miles from Denton, TX0.3 mi long, 30 yd wide
8:06 PMNot ratedAbout 57 miles from Denton, TX0.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:39 PMEF3About 41 miles from Denton, TX47.27 mi long, 1400 yd wide
10:46 PMEF1About 11 miles from Denton, TX1.42 mi long, 800 yd wide
Show all 40 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
11:19 PMEF3About 15 miles from Tulsa, OK23.9 mi long, 2000 yd wide
11:20 PMEF1About 15 miles from McKinney, TX8.31 mi long, 800 yd wide
11:23 PMEF3About 12 miles from McKinney, TX0.71 mi long, 175 yd wide
12:07 AMEF1About 43 miles from Tulsa, OK6.1 mi long, 2000 yd wide
12:15 AMEF1About 23 miles from McKinney, TX1.09 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:25 AMEF1About 43 miles from Tulsa, OK2.4 mi long, 300 yd wide
12:36 AMEF1About 45 miles from Fayetteville, AR1.8 mi long, 650 yd wide
12:59 AMEF3About 30 miles from Fayetteville, AR7.9 mi long, 3200 yd wide
1:06 AMEF2About 26 miles from Fayetteville, AR5.4 mi long, 650 yd wide
1:23 AMEF1About 21 miles from Fayetteville, AR2.3 mi long, 600 yd wide
1:24 AMEF2About 21 miles from Fayetteville, AR2.4 mi long, 1500 yd wide
1:46 AMEF2About 18 miles from Fayetteville, AR7.4 mi long, 3000 yd wide
2:10 AMEF1About 18 miles from Fayetteville, AR3.2 mi long, 300 yd wide
2:16 AMEF1About 19 miles from Fayetteville, AR8.9 mi long, 500 yd wide
3:27 AMEF3Near 36.17, -93.05, AR21.6 mi long, 2000 yd wide
3:32 AMEF0About 35 miles from Springfield, MO4 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:33 AMEF0About 44 miles from Springfield, MO3.1 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:39 AMEF1About 35 miles from Springfield, MO2.25 mi long, 1200 yd wide
3:59 AMEF3Near 36.19, -92.69, AR34.6 mi long, 1760 yd wide
4:11 AMEF0About 27 miles from Springfield, MO0.75 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:19 AMEF0About 58 miles from Springfield, MO4.86 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:26 AMEF2Near 36.25, -92.33, AR5.3 mi long, 400 yd wide
5:03 AMEF1Near 36.31, -91.86, AR10.4 mi long, 500 yd wide
5:58 AMEF1Near 36.33, -91.39, AR12 mi long, 600 yd wide
6:04 AMEF2Near 36.51, -91.20, MO45.45 mi long, 400 yd wide
6:15 AMEF1Near 36.35, -91.19, AR2.2 mi long, 600 yd wide
6:24 AMEF1Near 36.33, -91.02, AR5 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:29 AMEF1Near 36.24, -90.95, AR0.5 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Oklahoma8963179
Kansas8443392
Missouri7924496
Arkansas52122614
Pennsylvania3915231
Texas392658
Georgia262240
South Carolina131120
Alabama122100
West Virginia8170
Nebraska5230
Ohio5230
Colorado4130
Mississippi4220
North Carolina3030
Iowa2110
Maryland2020
Utah2020
Florida1010
Kentucky1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Pittsburgh, PA2.0 in58 mph0
McKinney, TX1.0 in81 mph2
Tuscaloosa, AL1.0 inNone0
Youngstown, OH1.0 in63 mph0
Fayetteville, AR0.75 in85 mph0
Allen, TXNone81 mph0
Denton, TXNoneNone1
Frisco, TXNone81 mph1
Hagerstown, MDNone64 mph0
Hickory, NCNone63 mph0
Kansas City, MONone84 mph0
Omaha, NENone70 mph0
Tulsa, OKNone64 mph1
Wichita, KSNone78 mph0

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