Storm reports for August 18, 2015

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, August 18, 2015
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 32 hail reports, 80 wind reports and 9 tornado reports in 14 states on August 18, 2015.

in 14 states; 121
Storm reports: Near 35.97, -103.27, NM; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 10 miles from Amarillo, TX; 90 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 39 miles from Rockford, IL; 9
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
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
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 August 18, 2015 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

Hail32, most at 5 PM

Wind80, most at 7 PM

Tornado9, most at 8 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
3:13 PM	EF0	About 26 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	0.05 mi long, 20 yd wide
4:32 PM	EF0	About 49 miles from Peoria, IL	0.03 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:05 PM	EF0	About 51 miles from Peoria, IL	0.04 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:09 PM	EF0	About 22 miles from Peoria, IL	2.01 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:55 PM	EF0	About 23 miles from Chicago, IL	3.19 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:06 PM	EF0	About 17 miles from Chicago, IL	0.24 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:56 PM	EF1	About 39 miles from Rockford, IL	4.93 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:25 PM	EF1	About 22 miles from Milwaukee, WI	2.47 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:50 PM	EF0	About 16 miles from Milwaukee, WI	0.64 mi long, 25 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
4:56 PM	1.0 in	About 21 miles from Peoria, IL
5:02 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Atlanta, GA
5:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.82, -88.85, MS
5:18 PM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Worcester, MA
5:20 PM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Jacksonville, FL
5:33 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Topeka, KS
5:46 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Topeka, KS
6:06 PM	1.5 in	Near 36.81, -103.90, NM
6:09 PM	1.75 in	Near 36.76, -103.83, NM
6:10 PM	1.75 in	Near 36.78, -103.97, NM
6:15 PM	2.5 in	Near 36.74, -103.99, NM
6:15 PM	1.75 in	Near 36.74, -103.99, NM

Show all 32 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
6:20 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.76, -97.02, OK
7:11 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.70, -96.90, OK
7:39 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Anchorage, AK
7:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.27, -95.55, KS
7:58 PM	0.75 in	Near 37.22, -95.55, KS
8:15 PM	0.75 in	Near 36.74, -103.99, NM
8:24 PM	2.75 in	Near 35.97, -103.27, NM
8:35 PM	1.75 in	Near 35.84, -103.44, NM
8:55 PM	1.25 in	Near 35.83, -103.16, NM
9:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.61, -103.10, NM
10:00 PM	1.5 in	Near 36.85, -103.92, NM
10:18 PM	1.0 in	About 47 miles from Amarillo, TX
10:30 PM	1.5 in	Near 36.74, -103.99, NM
10:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.39, -100.80, TX
10:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.39, -100.80, TX
10:52 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.21, -100.54, TX
11:19 PM	1.0 in	About 31 miles from Amarillo, TX
11:59 PM	1.75 in	Near 35.44, -100.80, TX
12:14 AM	1.0 in	Near 36.13, -100.00, TX
1:01 AM	0.88 in	About 23 miles from Amarillo, TX

Time	Gust	Where
1:50 PM	75 mph	About 14 miles from Syracuse, NY
2:00 PM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Syracuse, NY
2:00 PM	60 mph	About 27 miles from Syracuse, NY
2:00 PM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Syracuse, NY
2:05 PM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Syracuse, NY
2:35 PM	64 mph	About 50 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:05 PM	70 mph	About 35 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:15 PM	70 mph	About 19 miles from Syracuse, NY
3:18 PM	70 mph	About 28 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
3:38 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Syracuse, NY
3:45 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Rochester, NY
3:50 PM	70 mph	Near 40.86, -91.31, IA

Show all 80 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
4:10 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Syracuse, NY
4:10 PM	64 mph	About 2 miles from St. Louis, MO
5:13 PM	60 mph	About 11 miles from Peoria, IL
5:15 PM	58 mph	Near 44.15, -75.32, NY
5:50 PM	52 mph	About 45 miles from Gainesville, FL
5:50 PM	70 mph	About 20 miles from Peoria, IL
5:53 PM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Peoria, IL
5:55 PM	60 mph	About 25 miles from Peoria, IL
6:12 PM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Peoria, IL
6:15 PM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Peoria, IL
6:58 PM	70 mph	Near 36.45, -103.81, NM
6:59 PM	63 mph	Near 44.67, -74.97, NY
7:00 PM	64 mph	About 21 miles from St. Louis, MO
7:00 PM	58 mph	Near 44.68, -74.95, NY
7:13 PM	59 mph	Near 37.33, -95.52, KS
7:15 PM	64 mph	Near 37.27, -95.55, KS
7:15 PM	58 mph	Near 44.71, -74.90, NY
7:25 PM	70 mph	Near 37.27, -95.53, KS
7:30 PM	58 mph	Near 44.81, -74.77, NY
7:30 PM	61 mph	About 54 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM	75 mph	About 52 miles from Chicago, IL
7:35 PM	70 mph	About 54 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
7:38 PM	60 mph	About 21 miles from Kansas City, MO
7:41 PM	70 mph	Near 37.22, -95.40, KS
7:43 PM	60 mph	Near 37.31, -94.77, KS
7:43 PM	64 mph	Near 37.31, -94.77, KS
7:43 PM	60 mph	Near 37.32, -95.27, KS
7:45 PM	60 mph	Near 39.53, -88.10, IL
7:56 PM	60 mph	Near 37.15, -95.00, KS
8:02 PM	64 mph	Near 37.17, -95.11, KS
8:05 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Chicago, IL
8:05 PM	75 mph	About 52 miles from Savannah, GA
8:05 PM	75 mph	About 51 miles from Savannah, GA
8:15 PM	63 mph	About 40 miles from Savannah, GA
8:22 PM	60 mph	Near 37.17, -94.70, KS
8:23 PM	69 mph	About 40 miles from Savannah, GA
8:25 PM	60 mph	Near 37.02, -94.74, KS
9:10 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Kansas City, MO
10:09 PM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Springfield, MO
10:18 PM	63 mph	About 47 miles from Amarillo, TX
10:20 PM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Springfield, MO
10:30 PM	60 mph	About 11 miles from Springfield, MO
10:33 PM	60 mph	About 13 miles from Springfield, MO
10:50 PM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Springfield, MO
10:55 PM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Springfield, MO
11:00 PM	60 mph	About 13 miles from Springfield, MO
11:01 PM	60 mph	About 11 miles from Springfield, MO
11:10 PM	72 mph	Near 38.72, -92.07, MO
11:14 PM	60 mph	About 11 miles from Springfield, MO
12:50 AM	63 mph	Near 35.36, -100.60, TX
1:12 AM	60 mph	Near 35.08, -100.39, TX
1:50 AM	81 mph	About 15 miles from Amarillo, TX
1:55 AM	81 mph	About 12 miles from Amarillo, TX
1:55 AM	75 mph	About 13 miles from Amarillo, TX
1:55 AM	86 mph	About 12 miles from Amarillo, TX
2:00 AM	90 mph	About 10 miles from Amarillo, TX
2:01 AM	86 mph	About 10 miles from Amarillo, TX
2:05 AM	75 mph	About 16 miles from Amarillo, TX
2:05 AM	86 mph	In Amarillo, TX
2:07 AM	60 mph	About 4 miles from Amarillo, TX
2:07 AM	81 mph	About 11 miles from Amarillo, TX
2:10 AM	81 mph	About 12 miles from Amarillo, TX
2:10 AM	86 mph	About 6 miles from Amarillo, TX
2:12 AM	64 mph	About 20 miles from Amarillo, TX
2:15 AM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Amarillo, TX
2:16 AM	63 mph	About 9 miles from Amarillo, TX
2:35 AM	61 mph	About 46 miles from Amarillo, TX
3:05 AM	63 mph	About 56 miles from Amarillo, TX

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	28	8	20	0
Illinois	16	1	10	5
Kansas	15	4	11	0
Missouri	15	0	15	0
New York	14	0	14	0
New Mexico	13	12	1	0
Georgia	5	1	4	0
Oklahoma	4	2	2	0
Iowa	3	0	2	1
Wisconsin	3	0	0	3
Florida	2	1	1	0
Alaska	1	1	0	0
Massachusetts	1	1	0	0
Mississippi	1	1	0	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Jacksonville, FL	1.0 in	None
Worcester, MA	1.0 in	None
Amarillo, TX	None	90 mph
Peoria, IL	None	60 mph
Rochester, NY	None	58 mph
Springfield, MO	None	60 mph
St. Louis, MO	None	64 mph
Syracuse, NY	None	75 mph

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