Storm reports for October 18, 2012

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, October 18, 2012
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 22 hail reports and 7 wind reports in 8 states on October 18, 2012.

in 8 states; 29
Storm reports: About 30 miles from Edinburg, TX; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 34 miles from Edinburg, TX; 81 mph
Highest gust: 0
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on October 18, 2012 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail22, most at 4 PM

Wind7, most at 7 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Size	Where
1:23 PM	0.88 in	About 42 miles from Evansville, IN
1:35 PM	0.88 in	Near 38.33, -81.22, WV
1:48 PM	0.5 in	Near 18.32, -66.97, PR
1:54 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Huntington, WV
2:05 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Huntington, WV
3:05 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Kingsport, TN
3:44 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Kingsport, TN
4:05 PM	0.75 in	Near 37.13, -81.49, VA
4:13 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.13, -80.02, WV
4:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.13, -80.00, WV
4:17 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.00, -80.74, WV
4:20 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.22, -79.93, WV

Show all 22 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
4:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.25, -79.79, WV
5:50 PM	1.75 in	About 30 miles from Edinburg, TX
6:10 PM	1.75 in	About 12 miles from Edinburg, TX
6:14 PM	0.75 in	About 25 miles from Hickory, NC
6:30 PM	1.75 in	About 9 miles from Edinburg, TX
6:34 PM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Edinburg, TX
6:45 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Edinburg, TX
8:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.77, -78.50, VA
8:32 PM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Hagerstown, MD
9:04 PM	1.0 in	About 10 miles from Hagerstown, MD

Time	Gust	Where
5:28 PM	81 mph	About 34 miles from Edinburg, TX
6:17 PM	70 mph	About 10 miles from Edinburg, TX
6:55 PM	55 mph	About 11 miles from Edinburg, TX
7:15 PM	58 mph	About 2 miles from McAllen, TX
7:34 PM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
7:35 PM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
8:30 PM	58 mph	About 6 miles from Greensboro, NC

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind
Texas	9	5	4
West Virginia	8	8	0
North Carolina	4	1	3
Virginia	3	3	0
Tennessee	2	2	0
Kentucky	1	1	0
Maryland	1	1	0
Puerto Rico	1	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Edinburg, TX	1.75 in	70 mph
Hagerstown, MD	1.0 in	None
Greensboro, NC	None	58 mph
McAllen, TX	None	58 mph

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.