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Kansas storm reports for May 18, 2013

NOAA recorded 35 hail reports, 37 wind reports and 9 tornado reports in Kansas on May 18, 2013.

in Kansas
81
Storm reports
Near 38.64, -100.23, KS
2.0 in
Largest hail
About 52 miles from Wichita, KS
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, near 38.14, -99.47, KS
9
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.

Reports by hour

Hail35, most at 4 PM

Wind37, most at 11 PM

Tornado9, 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
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

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Topeka, KSNone60 mph0

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