National Weather Service Storm Damage Survery for May 18 Around Town of May

Severe Thunderstorm and Tropical Storm Bertha Impacts

Numerous severe thunderstorms are expected across a broad region from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast States today into tonight. Swaths of damaging wind gusts are expected and some tornadoes are possible. Bertha is expected to bring tropical storm conditions to portions of the Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle westward to southeastern Louisiana later today and Wednesday. Read More >

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/18/2017 TORNADO EVENT... .May TX Tornado... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 107 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.36 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 880 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: May 18 2017 START TIME: 838 PM CDT START LOCATION: 3 miles southeast of May START LAT/LON: 31.9474/-98.8673 END DATE: May 18 2017 END TIME: 900 PM CDT END LOCATION: 2 miles southeast of May END_LAT/LON: 31.9508/-98.8933 SURVEY SUMMARY: This EF1 tornado began about 3 miles southeast of May, Texas. It moved southeast, then northeast and then turned back to the northwest and west, making a complete loop. The tornado uprooted and snapped branches of many large Oak Trees. The tornado tore off a roof of a mobile home, destroyed a chicken coop, damaged outdoor lawn furniture, ripped off sheet metal of a barn and tossed it for over 100 yards. As the tornado continued to move west across County Road 478, it became about a half mile wide as it damaged numerous trees. At this point, based on radar, the twister was at its strongest. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.