Storm reports — Monday, May 15, 2023

The NOAA Storm Prediction Center logged 2 tornado reports, 8 hail reports and 20 damaging-wind reports for the storm day from 12:00 UTC on May 15, 2023 to 12:00 UTC the next morning — most of them in AL, MO, FL.

2tornado reports
8hail reports · largest 1.75″
20wind reports · peak 72 mph

Reports by state

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Tornado reports

UTCRatingPlaceCountyStateRemarks
20:41—1 Ne Fair GroveGreeneMOAN INTERMITTENT EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR FAIR GROVE... MISSOURI AND TRACKED TO THE NORTHWEST. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS WERE 77 MPH WITH A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 75 YARD (SGF)
21:50—1 Wnw DilleyFrioTXAN NWS STORM SURVEY CONCLUDED A SHORT-LIVED EF0 TORNADO OCCURRED YESTERDAY NEAR DILLEY. MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO TREES AND METAL ROOFS FROM THIS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO (EWX)

Hail reports

UTCSizePlaceCountyStateRemarks
19:571.00″1 Se IrvingDallasTXREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD)
21:051.00″PiedmontWayneMO(PAH)
21:251.75″3 Ene Round LakeJacksonFLSOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL NEAR ALFORD. (TAE)
21:351.75″8 Se TrianaMorganALVIEWER REPORT OF GOLF BALL-SIZED HAIL RELAYED TO NWS FROM BROADCAST MEDIA. SPECIFIC LOCATION AND TIME OF EVENT WERE BASED ON RADAR. (HUN)
22:061.00″WilliamsvilleWayneMOQUARTER SIZED HAIL IN AND AROUND WILLIAMSVILLE... JUST SOUTH OF GREENVILLE. (PAH)
22:301.75″9 Nw BloomfieldStoddardMOGOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN THE LEORA AREA OF NORTHERN STODDARD COUNTY. (PAH)
23:371.00″TrentonGibsonTNQUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED. (MEG)
23:481.00″JacksonMadisonTNQUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN JACKSON... TN. (MEG)

Wind reports

UTCGustPlaceCountyStateRemarks
18:23damage7 Wsw CherokeeColbertALTREES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF ALLSBORO ROAD AND REDBUD ROAD. (HUN)
18:39damage9 Wsw CherokeeColbertALTREES DOWN ON ALLSBORO ROAD AT LIBERTY ROAD. (HUN)
19:15damage1 Ene Winthrop ParkLeonFLTREE DOWN ALONG CENTERVILLE ROAD. (TAE)
19:2072 mph1 Wsw PhiladelphiaNeshobaMSWEATHER STATION RECORDED 72 MPH WIND AND 7 TREES WERE DOWNED IN THE CITY. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED. (JAN)
19:41damage1 Sw SouthwoodLeonFLTREE DOWN ALONG TRAM ROAD. (TAE)
20:2769 mph2 S Milton Near WhitinSanta RosaFLMILTON WHITING FIELD AWOS MEASURES THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST TO 60KTS OR 69MPH. (MOB)
20:40damage6 S GramercySt. JamesLAEMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED ONE TREE DOWN AND SIX UTILITY POLES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 3127 AND HIGHWAY 20. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (LIX)
20:43damage1 N North CourtlandLawrenceALPOWER POLES WERE SNAPPED AND AT LEAST 12 WERE BLOWN DOWN FROM A POSSIBLE MICROBURST. SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE SAME AREA. DAMAGE REPORT AND LOCATION WERE REC (HUN)
20:5061 mph2 Wsw OliveDallasMO(SGF)
21:02damageLexingtonLauderdaleALA TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN INTO A RESIDENCE ALONG CR 51 IN LEXINGTON. SPECIFIC LOCATION WAS BASED ON RADAR DATA. (HUN)
21:1558 mph2 Wnw HondoMedinaTXWIND GUST OF 58 MPH MEASURED AT THE HONDO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. (EWX)
21:26damageAlfordJacksonFLA POWERLINE AND TREE WERE DOWN ACROSS THE ROADWAY ON TENNESSEE STREET IN ALFORD. (TAE)
21:35damage9 E SomervilleMorganALVIEWER REPORT OF TREES BLOWN DOWN AND SWINGS FLIPPED OVER RELAYED TO NWS FROM BROADCAST MEDIA. SPECIFIC LOCATION AND TIME OF EVENT WERE BASED ON RADAR DATA. (HUN)
22:20damageHiltonEarlyGAA PINE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH SOME ROOF DAMAGE AND A BROKEN FLAG POLE IN THE HILTON AREA. (TAE)
22:40damage1 Nne Vestavia HillsJeffersonALA FEW SINGLE TREE DOWN REPORTS IN THE VESTAVIA HILLS/HOOVER AREA. TREE LIMBS DOWN IN MOUNTAIN BROOK. SUB-SEVERE WINDS PROBABLE. ALSO A FEW REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL UP TO 0 (BMX)
23:30damageTrentonGibsonTNSEVERAL TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED IN TRENTON. AT LEAST ONE HOME WAS DAMAGED BY A DOWNED TREE. (MEG)
05:00damage3 Nnw YaktLincolnMTA LARGE TREE FELL ONTO US-2 NEAR MILE MARKER 5. (MSO)
06:00damage2 Nnw YaktLincolnMTA CAR HIT A FALLEN TREE THAT WAS BLOCKING THE WESTBOUND LANE OF US-2 NEAR MILE MARKER 6. (MSO)
11:25damage4 Nw EmbreevilleWashingtonTNA FEW TREES DOWN. (MRX)
11:40damage3 Nw EmbreevilleWashingtonTNA FEW TREES DOWN. (MRX)

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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