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Storm reports for June 13, 2013

NOAA recorded 97 hail reports, 457 wind reports and 15 tornado reports in 24 states on June 13, 2013.

in 24 states
569
Storm reports
About 52 miles from Washington, DC
2.75 in
Largest hail
Near 39.09, -81.38, WV
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 21 miles from Knoxville, TN
15
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on June 13, 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

On the afternoon of June 13, 2013, a line of storms crossed central North Carolina with straight-line wind gusts up to 80 mph.1 Albemarle in Stanly County was hit hardest, around 4:40 p.m. EST. Trees fell on and through homes and mobile homes there, damaging about 70 homes and injuring at least three people.1 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $2.5 million in property damage in Stanly County and $2 million in Montgomery County, where many trees fell on homes in Troy.1,2 Falling trees killed three people: a man in Wilkes County and a 20-year-old woman in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and a 4-year-old boy in Richmond, Virginia.3,4,5

Quarter to ping pong ball size hail fell over much of Yadkinville, North Carolina, around 2:35 p.m. EST and damaged some cars.6 Hail 2.75 inches across fell near Chingville in St. Mary's County, Maryland, at 2:40 p.m.7 In Georgia, an EF1 tornado touched down in Cherokee County around 6 p.m. and tracked into Cobb County, where dozens of snapped and uprooted trees damaged homes.8,9

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 457009, thunderstorm wind, Stanly County, North Carolina
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 457017, thunderstorm wind, Montgomery County, North Carolina
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 457027, thunderstorm wind, Wilkes County, North Carolina
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 456995, thunderstorm wind, Orange County, North Carolina
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 463286, thunderstorm wind, Richmond County, Virginia
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 457049, hail, Yadkin County, North Carolina
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 462144, hail, St. Mary's County, Maryland
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 464404, tornado, Cherokee County, Georgia
  9. 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 464416, tornado, Cobb County, Georgia

Reports by hour

Hail97, most at 7 PM

Wind457, most at 2 PM

Tornado15, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:26 PMEF0About 47 miles from Richmond, VA6.94 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:35 PMEF0About 39 miles from Richmond, VA2.45 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:57 PMEF0About 48 miles from Richmond, VA7.14 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:11 PMEF1About 21 miles from Knoxville, TN2 mi long, 120 yd wide
2:24 PMEF0About 46 miles from Washington, DC13.83 mi long, 200 yd wide
2:38 PMEF0About 20 miles from Washington, DC20.1 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:42 PMEF0About 43 miles from Washington, DC1.8 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:55 PMEF1About 36 miles from Knoxville, TN0.5 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:10 PMEF1About 37 miles from Asheville, NC1.88 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:00 PMEF1About 36 miles from Atlanta, GA8.5 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:30 PMEF1About 22 miles from Atlanta, GA12.93 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:53 PMEF0Near 39.92, -102.90, CO0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:15 PMEF0Near 40.26, -103.21, CO0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:32 PMEF0Near 40.36, -103.10, CO0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:32 PMEF1About 22 miles from Salem, OR0.25 mi long, 53 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Virginia148111343
North Carolina10820871
Maryland445363
Montana3928110
Kentucky380380
Georgia342302
Tennessee290272
West Virginia233200
Wyoming231580
Colorado18693
South Carolina153120
Alabama9360
Ohio9090
New Jersey6150
Nebraska5050
Delaware4040
Pennsylvania4040
Kansas3030
District of Columbia2020
Florida2020
Mississippi2020
Texas2020
New Mexico1010
Oregon1001

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Billings, MT1.75 in70 mph0
Charlotte, NC1.25 in69 mph0
Hickory, NC1.25 in75 mph0
Lynchburg, VA1.0 in63 mph0
Roanoke, VA1.0 in70 mph0
Atlantic City, NJ0.75 inNone0
Atlanta, GANone63 mph0
Baltimore, MDNone60 mph0
Chattanooga, TNNone58 mph0
Cincinnati, OHNone63 mph0
Columbia, SCNone63 mph0
Durham, NCNone70 mph0
Fayetteville, NCNone61 mph0
Greensboro, NCNone58 mph0
Jacksonville, FLNone58 mph0
Kingsport, TNNone61 mph0
Knoxville, TNNone58 mph0
Lexington, KYNone60 mph0
Raleigh, NCNone70 mph0
Richmond, VANone60 mph0
San Marcos, TXNone49 mph0
Virginia Beach, VANone60 mph0
Washington, DCNone63 mph0
Winston-Salem, NCNone58 mph0
York, PANone58 mph0

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