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Storm reports for May 28, 2024

NOAA recorded 115 hail reports, 97 wind reports and 1 tornado report in 14 states on May 28, 2024.

in 14 states
213
Storm reports
About 38 miles from Lubbock, TX
5.0 in
Largest hail
About 30 miles from Lubbock, TX
120 mph
Highest gust
1
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 28, 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

On the evening of May 28, 2024, a slow-moving storm dropped hail of baseball to softball size across Hockley County, Texas.1 Storm chasers reported a 5-inch hailstone near Whiteface at 6:25 p.m. CDT and a 4.5-inch stone near Pep, and hail of 3 to 3.25 inches fell west of Levelland around 6:35 p.m.1

Overnight, straight-line winds hit Levelland from about 1:30 to 1:40 a.m. CDT on May 29, and NWS Lubbock estimated winds of 90 to 120 mph in the hardest-hit area on the east side of town.1 The winds caused partial roof failures, destroyed several wooden outbuildings and two mobile homes, and broke windows in many homes and vehicles. Many homes then took in rainwater through broken windows or damaged roofs.1,2 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $35 million in property damage and 13 injuries for the Levelland winds.2 Shortly before 3 a.m., a 95 mph gust was measured northeast of Tahoka, where survey teams found some minor roof and siding damage in town.1

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Lubbock: Destructive wind and giant hail impact the South Plains (28-29 May 2024)
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Hockley County, Texas, May 29, 2024

Reports by hour

Hail115, most at 6 PM

Wind97, most at 12 PM

Tornado1, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:05 PMNot ratedNear 36.48, -103.50, NM3.5 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas11846720
Colorado242220
Kansas191810
New Mexico141121
Oklahoma121110
Utah8080
Louisiana6150
Montana4040
North Carolina2110
Ohio2200
Florida1100
Idaho1010
Indiana1100
Wisconsin1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Greeley, CO2.0 inNone0
Amarillo, TX1.75 in67 mph0
Houston, TX1.75 in75 mph0
League City, TX1.75 in66 mph0
Lubbock, TX1.75 in59 mph0
Pasadena, TX1.75 in66 mph0
Pearland, TX1.75 in66 mph0
Tomball, TX1.5 in69 mph0
Indianapolis, IN1.0 inNone0
Lake Charles, LA1.0 inNone0
Tyler, TX1.0 in60 mph0
Arlington, TX0.75 inNone0
Fort Worth, TX0.75 inNone0
Grand Prairie, TX0.75 in70 mph0
Irving, TX0.75 inNone0
Abilene, TXNone70 mph0
Beaumont, TXNone72 mph0
Boise, IDNone60 mph0
Conroe, TXNone69 mph0
Galveston, TXNone62 mph0
Lafayette, LANone58 mph0
Laredo, TXNone81 mph0
Ogden, UTNone78 mph0
Provo, UTNone58 mph0
Salt Lake City, UTNone58 mph0
Wilmington, NCNone58 mph0

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