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Storm reports for May 18, 2013

NOAA recorded 149 hail reports, 100 wind reports and 10 tornado reports in 15 states on May 18, 2013.

in 15 states
259
Storm reports
Near 34.70, -99.23, OK
2.75 in
Largest hail
Near 41.24, -101.86, NE
94 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, near 38.14, -99.47, KS
10
Tornado reports
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
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 18, 2013 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.

What happened

The strongest tornado of May 18, 2013 touched down in Pawnee County, Kansas, at 6:18 p.m. CST and stayed on the ground for about 7 miles.1 It was rated EF4 and was up to 1,100 yards wide. A research team's mobile Doppler radar measured winds of 165 to 185 mph near the ground.1 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $140,000 in property damage from the tornado.1

Later that night, between 10 p.m. and midnight CDT, a line of storms brought winds of 60 to 80 mph, with pockets of 80 to 100 mph, across Ottawa, Cloud, Clay, Geary, Washington and Riley counties in Kansas.2 An Army Corps of Engineers wind instrument near Milford Lake recorded winds over 100 mph, and two people were injured there.3 The NWS in Topeka reported structures damaged or destroyed across a large part of north central and northeast Kansas.3

Hail 1.5 inches across fell in Rapid City, South Dakota, between 4:30 and 4:45 p.m. MST. The Storm Events Database lists $350,000 in property damage there.4,5,6 Hail 2.75 inches across fell near Weinert in Haskell County, Texas, at 6:50 p.m. CST.7

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 457695, tornado, Pawnee County, Kansas
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 445259, thunderstorm wind, Geary County, Kansas
  3. 3. NWS Topeka: May 18th and 19th 2013 Severe Weather
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 445554, hail, Pennington County, South Dakota
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 445567, hail, Pennington County, South Dakota
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 445568, hail, Pennington County, South Dakota
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 455317, hail, Haskell County, Texas

Reports by hour

Hail149, most at 6 PM

Wind100, most at 11 PM

Tornado10, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
5:27 PMEF0Near 38.76, -99.86, KS2.92 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:58 PMEF0Near 41.73, -102.85, NE1 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:03 PMEF0Near 38.68, -99.75, KS0.31 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:09 PMEF1Near 38.85, -99.58, KS1.71 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:37 PMEF0Near 38.83, -99.43, KS0.56 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:18 PMEF4Near 38.14, -99.47, KS7 mi long, 1100 yd wide
7:49 PMEF1Near 38.20, -99.28, KS4 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:10 PMEF0Near 38.24, -99.18, KS2.06 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:35 PMEF1Near 39.49, -97.28, KS6.99 mi long, 75 yd wide
11:00 PMEF0Near 39.81, -97.06, KS0.34 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kansas8135379
Nebraska5331211
South Dakota372980
Oklahoma3619170
Colorado8800
Georgia7250
Minnesota7520
Texas7610
North Dakota6420
Iowa5230
Florida4220
Wyoming3300
Missouri2020
Montana2200
Tennessee1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Rapid City, SD1.5 inNone0
Gainesville, FL1.25 in63 mph0
Nashville, TN0.88 inNone0
Oklahoma City, OKNone64 mph0
Topeka, KSNone60 mph0
Tulsa, OKNone75 mph0

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