Storm reports — Thursday, May 4, 2023

The NOAA Storm Prediction Center logged 4 tornado reports, 14 hail reports and 30 damaging-wind reports for the storm day from 12:00 UTC on May 4, 2023 to 12:00 UTC the next morning — most of them in TX, ID, UT.

4tornado reports
14hail reports · largest 2.75″
30wind reports · peak 68 mph

Reports by state

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Tornado reports

UTCRatingPlaceCountyStateRemarks
15:45—2 Wsw ComptonLos AngelesCAUPDATES INFORMATION FROM PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 2 WSW COMPTON. THIS WAS THE FIRST OF TWO TORNADOES IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA FROM THIS MORNING. BRIEF WEAK TORNADO O (LOX)
15:56—1 Se ComptonLos AngelesCACORRECTS END-POINT INTERSECTION OF PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 1 SE COMPTON. A SECOND TORNADO OCCURRED IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA THIS MORNING. A WEAK TORNADO DEVELOPED I (LOX)
00:08—BellevueClayTXVIDEO EVIDENCE OF GROUND CIRCULATION UNDERNEATH WALL CLOUD WITH DAMAGE REPORTED IN AND NEAR THE TOWN OF BELLEVUE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM REPORTS AND RADAR. (OUN)
02:09—5 N AlamotaLaneKSOFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED CONE TORNADO IN PROGRESS. (DDC)

Hail reports

UTCSizePlaceCountyStateRemarks
21:341.75″3 S CrowellFoardTXVIDEO ON TWITTER; TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (OUN)
23:431.00″7 Wnw OwensBrownTX(SJT)
00:081.75″11 N FeteritaStevensKSTIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (DDC)
00:281.00″9 Nnw MullinMillsTXQUARTER SIZE HAIL BETWEEN ZEPHYR AND DEMOCRAT. (FWD)
00:382.00″7 N MullinMillsTX2 INCH HAIL 3S DEMOCRAT. (FWD)
01:101.00″14 W TryonMcphersonNEPUBLIC REPORTED LOTS OF SMALL HAIL OF PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED WITH SOME QUARTER SIZED HAIL MIXED IN. (LBF)
02:131.25″9 Nw KrumDentonTXHALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND 3E SLIDELL. (FWD)
02:162.50″8 Nnw CometaZavalaTXUP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE FLYING T O RANCH AIRPORT IN WESTERN ZAVALA COUNTY. (EWX)
02:171.25″8 Nw KrumDentonTXHALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 5E SLIDELL. TREES SHREDDED. (FWD)
02:381.75″6 W SangerDentonTXGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 6W SANGER. (FWD)
02:462.75″1 Sw Crystal CityZavalaTXDESTROYED VEHICLE WINDSHIELDS AND WINDOWS FROM HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (EWX)
02:481.50″3 Nnw Crystal CityZavalaTXPING PONG SIZE HAIL RESULTING IN VEHICLE DENTS WHEN TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 83 NEAR THE TOWN OF LAS COLONIAS. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (EWX)
02:492.00″Crystal CityZavalaTXTIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (EWX)
04:591.00″3 N PalestineAndersonTXPUBLIC REPORT OF 1 HAIL JUST NORTH OF PALESTINE. (FWD)

Wind reports

UTCGustPlaceCountyStateRemarks
20:4058 mph25 Ssw DugwayTooeleUTSIMPSON SPRINGS MESONET SITE. (SLC)
20:4559 mph2 Nw IdahomeCassiaIDMALTA AGRIMET MALI. (PIH)
21:3360 mph2 Sse CentennialArapahoeCOCORRECTS PREVIOUS NON-TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 2 SSE CENTENNIAL. ASOS STATION KAPA CENTENNIAL AIRPORT. (BOU)
21:4267 mph26 Nne Snowstorm MountaElkoNVANTELOPE LAKE RAWS... ALRN2. ELEVATION 5460 FEET. (LKN)
21:5563 mph3 Nw SeymourBaylorTX(OUN)
21:55damage3 Nw SeymourBaylorTXPOWERLINES DOWN. (OUN)
22:1063 mph11 W KnollsTooeleUTI-80 AT MILE POST 29. (SLC)
22:1158 mph7 Nw West WendoverElkoNVI-80 PILOT STATION... PPRNV. ELEVATION 4651 FEET. (LKN)
22:4068 mph11 Wsw Atomic CityButteIDMESONET STATION SUM BIG SOUTHERN BUTTE. (PIH)
22:4768 mph3 Wnw DooleConchoTXWEST TEXAS MESONET SITE RECORDED A 68 MPH GUST. (SJT)
23:0062 mph12 Se Butte CityButteIDMESONET STATION RWM INL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MGMT. (PIH)
23:0068 mph9 Nw Atomic CityButteIDMESONET STATION 690 INL CENTRAL FACILITIES. (PIH)
23:16damage5 W BurkettColemanTXSTRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS DAMAGED (SPLIT) A TREE. (SJT)
23:3068 mph2 Sw KetchumBlaineIDMESONET STATION SVB 2.4 SW KETCHUM (UUNET). (PIH)
23:43damage3 Nnw Lake BrownwoodBrownTXDELAYED REPORT: DOWNED TREE LIMBS. TRAMPOLINE AND CHARCOAL GRILL BLOWN AROUND. (SJT)
00:05damage3 Nw BellevueClayTXPOWERLINES DOWN. TREE DAMAGE. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (OUN)
00:2459 mph1 Ssw LanderFremontWYASOS STATION KLND LANDER AIRPORT. (RIW)
00:4559 mph4 Ne VernonTooeleUTVERNON HILL MESONET SITE. (SLC)
01:2860 mph3 Nnw GainesvilleCookeTX60 MPH ESTIMATED WINDS ON FM1202 NORTH OF GAINESVILLE. (FWD)
01:30damageCurlewFerryWAA COUPLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS AND MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND PROPERTY NEAR AND NORTH OF CURLEW. TIME AND LOCATION ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (OTX)
01:5162 mphWhitesboroGraysonTXBROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED REPORT OF MEASURED WIND NEAR WHITESBORO. (FWD)
02:1367 mph3 Nne SouthmaydGraysonTX67 MPH GUST MEASURED ON SH-289 HALF-MILE SOUTH OF US 82 WEST OF SHERMAN. (FWD)
04:45damage1 Wnw FrankstonAndersonTX*** 2 FATAL *** CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 WNW FRANKSTON. TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN THE FRANKSTON AREA. ONE TREE FELL THROUGH A MANUFACTURE (FWD)
05:05damage1 Sw JacksonvilleCherokeeTXA POWER LINE WAS DOWNED ON RAGSDALE STREET IN JACKSONVILLE. (SHV)
05:14damage4 Ssw RuskCherokeeTXLAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS SCATTERED TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. NO REPORTS OF POWER LINES OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. (SHV)
05:19damageRuskCherokeeTXLARGE LIMBS WERE DOWNED IN RUSK. PORTIONS OF THE CITY ARE WITHOUT POWER. (SHV)
05:25damageReklawRuskTXA TREE WAS DOWNED IN REKLAW. (SHV)
05:48damage10 N Mount EnterpriseRuskTXA TREE WAS DOWNED IN THE BRACHFIELD COMMUNITY. (SHV)
05:55damage1 Ssw NacogdochesNacogdochesTXNUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES. (SHV)
05:58damageNacogdochesNacogdochesTXWIDESPREAD REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS NACOGDOCHES CO. THIS INCLUDES NACOGDOCHES PROPER... AS WELL AS MANY LOCATIONS ON THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY. (SHV)

Original file: SPC report page for this day. Times are UTC; the storm day starts at 12:00 UTC (7 AM CDT).

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