Top 20 SPC Ground-Truth Winds
Top 20 SPC Ground-Truth Winds Reported in May 2026, by IDOLCheck. Also: Highest hail.
Strongest gust May 2026: 119 mph in Calhoun County, TX. SPC local storm reports only — measured gusts, not warning polygons.
| # | County | State | Peak | Source | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calhoun County | Texas | 119 mph | SPC verified report | May 1, 2026 |
“Weatherflow site measured 119 mph wind gust. Damage in the area appears consistent with this speed... including wooden transmission line poles snapped near the upper th (CRP)” | |||||
| 2 | Cache County | Utah | 93 mph | SPC verified report | May 13, 2026 |
“Mesonet station PC124 Crow Mountain. (SLC)” | |||||
| 3 | Leavenworth County | Kansas | 92 mph | SPC verified report | May 18, 2026 |
| 4 | Cloud County | Kansas | 90 mph | SPC verified report | May 16, 2026 |
“Estimated 90 MPH winds with trees and power lines down. (TOP)” | |||||
| 5 | Eaton County | Michigan | 90 mph | SPC verified report | May 18, 2026 |
“Roof mounted weather station peak gust. Heavy damage to trees. (GRR)” | |||||
| 6 | Nemaha County | Nebraska | 90 mph | SPC verified report | May 18, 2026 |
“Corrects previous tstm wnd gst report from 5 SSW Johnson. Personal Weather Station. (OAX)” | |||||
| 7 | Jefferson County | Nebraska | 88 mph | SPC verified report | May 16, 2026 |
| 8 | Thomas County | Kansas | 88 mph | SPC verified report | May 16, 2026 |
| 9 | Woodbury County | Iowa | 88 mph | SPC verified report | May 17, 2026 |
“Via personal weather station. Exact time estimated via radar. (FSD)” | |||||
| 10 | Graham County | Kansas | 86 mph | SPC verified report | May 16, 2026 |
| 11 | Chouteau County | Montana | 85 mph | SPC verified report | May 13, 2026 |
“Big Sandy NW Montana Mesonet measured a 85 mph wind gust. (TFX)” | |||||
| 12 | Douglas County | Kansas | 85 mph | SPC verified report | May 18, 2026 |
| 13 | Park County | Montana | 85 mph | SPC verified report | May 13, 2026 |
| 14 | Uinta County | Wyoming | 85 mph | SPC verified report | May 13, 2026 |
“Mesonet station PC450 Evanston North. (SLC)” | |||||
| 15 | Cheyenne County | Nebraska | 84 mph | SPC verified report | May 30, 2026 |
“Mesonet station UP252 8.1 W Lodgepole (UPR). (CYS)” | |||||
| 16 | Gaines County | Texas | 84 mph | SPC verified report | May 15, 2026 |
“Mesonet station 15 Seagraves 1SW measured an 84 mph wind gust from a convective downburst. (MAF)” | |||||
| 17 | Nueces County | Texas | 84 mph | SPC verified report | May 11, 2026 |
| 18 | Page County | Iowa | 84 mph | SPC verified report | May 18, 2026 |
| 19 | Cameron County | Texas | 82 mph | SPC verified report | May 9, 2026 |
“Mesonet station TWB79 Russell Farms. (BRO)” | |||||
| 20 | Emmet County | Iowa | 82 mph | SPC verified report | May 17, 2026 |
“ASOS station KEST Estherville Airport. (DMX)” | |||||
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SPC ground truth. Ranked by the strongest measured gust in a local storm report. Warning polygons and forecast-text mentions are a different board (Combined).
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