Hail, Canadian
- When
- May 23, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, 0.89 mi NW of Yukon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.510, -97.750
Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 23, 2013
Moderate northwest flow aloft existed over Oklahoma, with a diffuse frontal boundary extending west-east across the center of the state. Elevated thunderstorms developed in the early morning before sunrise, primarily near the I-35 corridor, and trained over a region roughly extending from Kingfisher to Durant.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $105,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
Moderate northwest flow aloft existed over Oklahoma, with a diffuse frontal boundary extending west-east across the center of the state. Elevated thunderstorms developed in the early morning before sunrise, primarily near the I-35 corridor, and trained over a region roughly extending from Kingfisher to Durant. Damaging winds and marginally severe hail were reported, along with some flash flooding.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 23, 5:28 AM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 5:28 AM CST, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 628 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 .DISCUSSION... 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION FOLLOWS.... && .AVIATION... COMPLEX SITUATION THIS MORNING EQUATES TO LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST...PARTICULARLY IN TIMING OF EVENTS. WHAT IS PROBABLE...HOWEVER...IS TSRA ACROSS CENTRAL OK. EXPECT +TSRAGR TO AFFECT KOKC AND POSSIBLY KOUN EARLY THIS MORNING. AS LOW-LEVEL JET WEAKENS LATER THIS MORNING...TSRA SHOULD SUBSIDE. EXPECT CLOUDINESS TO CONTINUE...BUT SHOULD BE MVFR OR VFR BY AFTERNOON AT ALL SITES. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIFT WILL LIKELY BRING IFR CEILINGS TO MUCH OF THE REGION BY FRIDAY MORNING...MOST LIKELY IN W OK AND KSPS AREAS. SOME +TSRA ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT NEAR AND S/SW OF KCSM...KLAW...KHBR...AND KSPS. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THERE...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 438 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013/ DISCUSSION... ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS FORMED MOSTLY ON CUE THIS MORNING...IN AN AREA OF LOW-LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS. RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE DAY IN THIS AREA...THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS DAYTIME HEATING DESTABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE THERE. A FEW OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS MAY BE SUPERCELLS...WITH THE ATTENDANT RISKS OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO APPROXIMATELY THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...CORRESPONDING TO THE CURRENT DAY 1 SLIGHT RISK FROM THE SPC. RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND AS WEAK DISTURBANCES FLOAT AROUND IN THE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE...AND LOTS OF LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH...SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...AS A STRENGTHENING CAP REDUCES THE ABILITY OF STORMS TO FORM. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A POTENTIALLY STORMY MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...PARTICULARLY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. DETAILS THAT FAR OUT ARE RATHER SKETCHY...BUT A FEW SEVERE STORMS SEEM PROBABLE ONE OR BOTH DAYS IN OUR FORECAST AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 77 62 76 65 / 50 50 40 40 HOBART OK 83 63 84 66 / 30 60 40 40 WICHITA FALLS TX 91 69 87 68 / 20 50 30 50 GAGE OK 77 59 82 64 / 30 40 30 30 PONCA CITY OK 78 57 76 64 / 30 30 40 30 DURANT OK 84 68 81 65 / 40 40 30 30 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 17/23/23
Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 3:55 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
455 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-241100-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
455 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.
A FEW STRONG TO PERHAPS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS
MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF OKLAHOMA.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ARNETT TO
WEATHERFORD TO LAWTON TO MARIETTA OKLAHOMA...AND INCLUDES
THE WICHITA FALLS...HOBART...ALTUS...SEYMOUR...AND
VERNON AREAS.
IMPACTS...
THE MAIN HAZARDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BE VERY
LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS
UP TO 70 MPH. TORNADOES MAY OCCUR IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA
AS WELL.
THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING OVER CENTRAL...NORTHERN...AND
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO
THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
TIMING...
IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR
SEVERE STORMS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4 PM AND MIDNIGHT CDT.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS
THE RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
DISCUSSION...
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND AFFECT
LOCATIONS NORTHEAST OF A WOODWARD TO CHICKASHA TO MADILL
LINE THIS MORNING...PERHAPS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...AS
A LOW LEVEL JET BRINGS INCREASED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
TO THE AREA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO PERHAPS
SEVERE WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...
AND DOWNPOURS.
THIS AFTERNOON...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...THEN MOVE EASTWARD INTO WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. DISCRETE SUPERCELLS
MAY DEVELOP...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL
AND PERHAPS TORNADOES DUE TO THE AIR BEING VERY UNSTABLE
AND SHEARED. STORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO A SQUALL LINE THIS
EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN HAZARDS.
STORMS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AFTER MIDNIGHT
WITH A DIMINISHING CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
EAST OF THE SLIGHT RISK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
INCLUDING THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO...ADA...DURANT...AND
ARDMORE AREAS...SLIGHTLY BETTER CAPPING MAY LIMIT
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...IF THE CAP CAN BE
OVERCOME...ISOLATED SEVERE...PERHAPS VERY SEVERE...STORMS
CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES
WOULD BE POSSIBLE AS THE AIR WILL BE VERY UNSTABLE
AND SHEARED. CONFIDENCE OF SEVERE STORMS IN THESE
AREAS IS LOWER COMPARED TO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY MAY 24.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...90 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLOODING...MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE CLEAR BOGGY CREEK NEAR CANEY
IN ATOKA COUNTY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A FEW STRONG TO PERHAPS SEVERE STORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME FRAME...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
NOON TODAY.
MBSIn the hours before
Special weather statement, May 23, 2:49 AM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 349 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 OKZ018-019-024>031-231100- KINGFISHER-LOGAN-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...YUKON... EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA... PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE 349 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA AND AFFECT THE MOORE...EDMOND... SHAWNEE...AND LUTHER AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES... SMALL HAIL LESS THAN THE SIZE OF A QUARTER...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE METRO AREA BETWEEN 9 AND 11 AM CDT. THERE IS A CHANCE THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS. NO TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MBS
Special weather statement, May 23, 4:03 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 503 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 OKZ017-018-231030- KINGFISHER OK-BLAINE OK- 503 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN KINGFISHER AND NORTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT... AT 502 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HITCHCOCK... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HITCHCOCK AND OMEGA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && LAT...LON 3578 9819 3595 9845 3611 9835 3612 9821 TIME...MOT...LOC 1002Z 296DEG 22KT 3600 9832 MBS
Special weather statement, May 23, 4:44 AM CST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 544 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 OKZ017-231130- BLAINE OK- 544 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTY UNTIL 630 AM CDT... AT 543 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OKEENE... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OKEENE AND HOMESTEAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. && LAT...LON 3596 9821 3609 9856 3616 9846 3616 9821 TIME...MOT...LOC 1041Z 276DEG 19KT 3616 9837 MBS
Special weather statement, May 23, 4:54 AM CST, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 554 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 OKZ018-019-024>031-231300- KINGFISHER-LOGAN-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...YUKON... EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA... PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE 554 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE STRENGTHEN AND AFFECT THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA INCLUDING THE MOORE... EDMOND...SHAWNEE...LUTHER...NORMAN...NEW CASTLE...EL RENO... KINGFISHER...AND CHANDLER AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE METRO AREA BETWEEN 9 AND 11 AM CDT. THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL NEAR OR PERHAPS LARGER THAN HALF DOLLARS. NO TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MBS
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:29 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 7 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- May 23, 5:42 AM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County, 8.57 mi W of Moore
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.360, -97.640
At 104th SW and Council.
Flash Flood, Oklahoma
- When
- May 23, 5:55 AM CST to 8:55 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County, 1.77 mi SSE of Wheatland to 1.31 mi WNW of Wheatland
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.377, -97.636
Reports of water over roadways at several locations including S Rockwell and SW 89th, SW 59th and S County Line Rd, and S Portland and SW 89th. Sinkhole opened at intersection of SW 74th and S Rockwell Ave, making the road impassable.
Thunderstorm Wind, McClain
- When
- May 23, 6:02 AM CST
- Where
- McClain County, Newcastle
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -97.600
Estimated 65 mph.
Hail, Garvin
- When
- May 23, 6:49 AM CST
- Where
- Garvin County, Pauls Valley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.740, -97.220
Dime to quarter size hail reported.
Hail, Garvin
- When
- May 23, 6:53 AM CST
- Where
- Garvin County, Pauls Valley
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.740, -97.220
Observed 1 mile east of I-35. Also 1.5 hail reported two minutes later.
Flash Flood, Oklahoma
- When
- May 23, 7:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Oklahoma County, 0.46 mi NNW of Wheatland to 0.89 mi WNW of Wheatland
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 35.406, -97.654
County Line Road flooded between SW 44th and 59th St. No damage reported.
Hail, Murray
- When
- May 23, 7:35 AM CST
- Where
- Murray County, Davis
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -97.120
Hail, Murray
- When
- May 23, 7:50 AM CST
- Where
- Murray County, 0.57 mi W of Sulphur
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.510, -96.980
Flash Flood, Canadian
- When
- May 23, 8:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, 3.2 mi NE of Mustang to 2.6 mi ENE of Mustang
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 35.423, -97.680
Flooding reported near SW 44th St. and Morgan Rd between 44th and 59th St. No damage reported.
Flash Flood, Canadian
- When
- May 23, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, 3 mi SSE of Yukon to 3.81 mi N of Mustang
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 35.460, -97.720
Flooding along Sara Rd between SW 15th St. and 29th St. Several cars stranded or inundated. No injuries reported. Damages estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carter
- When
- May 23, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Carter County, Dickson
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 34.190, -96.990
Estimated gust of 65 mph.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carter
- When
- May 23, 8:16 AM CST
- Where
- Carter County, Dickson
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 34.190, -96.990
Estimated gust to 65 mph.
Hail, Canadian
- When
- May 23, 8:35 AM CST
- Where
- Canadian County, 0.89 mi NW of Yukon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.510, -97.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Bryan
- When
- May 23, 8:39 AM CST
- Where
- Bryan County, 2.86 mi W of Mead
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -96.560
Small tree limbs reported down.
Flash Flood, Cleveland
- When
- May 23, 9:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County, 3.19 mi SE of Norman to 3.7 mi N of Noble
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 35.193, -97.394
Water over road at S Highway 9 and 36th Ave SE in Norman. No damage reported.
Flash Flood, Cleveland
- When
- May 23, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County, 1.84 mi N of (Oun)norman Westheimer Arpt to 2.05 mi N of (Oun)norman Westheimer Arpt
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 35.277, -97.469
Flash flooding along 12th St between Franklin and Tecumseh Rd. No damage reported.
Flash Flood, Cleveland
- When
- May 23, 9:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County, 3.13 mi S of Moore to 2.74 mi N of (Oun)norman Westheimer Arpt
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 35.295, -97.481
Water over roadway at Indian Hills and 24th Ave NW north of Norman. No damage reported.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Vermont, May 23 to 28, 2013
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- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 23, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 23, 2013
- High Wind in Wyoming, May 23 to 24, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, May 23, 2013
- Lightning Strikes in West Virginia, May 23, 2013
- Flash Flooding in New York, May 23, 2013
- Flash Flooding in Maryland, May 23, 2013
- Flash Flooding in Texas, May 23 to 24, 2013
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, May 23, 2013
- Flash Flooding in New Jersey, May 23, 2013
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 451490, 451491, 451789, 451492, 451493, 451494, 451792, 451496, 451495, 451795, 451796, 451497, 451500, 451498, 451499, 451798, 451800, 451801.