Storm reports for September 18, 2015

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

NOAA recorded 42 hail reports, 22 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in 9 states on September 18, 2015.

in 9 states; 68
Storm reports: Near 40.70, -98.25, NE; 2.75 in
Largest hail: Near 40.55, -86.70, IN; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 30 miles from Chicago, IL; 4
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 September 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

Hail42, most at 8 AM

Wind22, most at 9 PM

Tornado4, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:44 PM	EF1	About 30 miles from Chicago, IL	2.6 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:09 PM	EF1	About 40 miles from Kansas City, MO	9.26 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:57 PM	EF1	About 34 miles from Kansas City, MO	5.19 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:32 PM	EF0	About 37 miles from Kansas City, MO	2.27 mi long, 25 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
8:26 AM	1.0 in	Near 40.96, -98.00, NE
8:33 AM	1.5 in	Near 40.63, -98.45, NE
8:35 AM	1.25 in	Near 40.64, -98.38, NE
8:42 AM	2.0 in	Near 40.67, -98.35, NE
8:45 AM	2.75 in	Near 40.70, -98.25, NE
8:46 AM	1.25 in	Near 40.57, -98.78, NE
8:47 AM	2.75 in	Near 40.68, -98.27, NE
8:48 AM	0.88 in	About 45 miles from Lincoln, NE
8:51 AM	1.75 in	Near 40.74, -98.20, NE
8:53 AM	2.0 in	Near 40.74, -98.15, NE
8:54 AM	1.0 in	Near 40.63, -98.69, NE
8:58 AM	1.75 in	Near 40.77, -98.13, NE

Show all 42 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
8:58 AM	1.75 in	Near 40.77, -98.14, NE
9:00 AM	1.0 in	Near 40.78, -98.15, NE
9:20 AM	0.75 in	Near 40.74, -97.87, NE
9:22 AM	1.0 in	Near 40.71, -98.36, NE
9:30 AM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Lincoln, NE
9:33 AM	1.0 in	Near 40.74, -98.20, NE
9:41 AM	1.5 in	Near 40.78, -98.15, NE
9:45 AM	1.0 in	About 47 miles from Lincoln, NE
9:52 AM	1.25 in	Near 40.78, -98.00, NE
10:25 AM	0.75 in	About 17 miles from Lincoln, NE
10:34 AM	1.5 in	About 41 miles from Lincoln, NE
10:35 AM	1.5 in	About 41 miles from Lincoln, NE
10:40 AM	1.25 in	In Lincoln, NE
10:40 AM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Lincoln, NE
10:45 AM	1.25 in	About 3 miles from Lincoln, NE
11:06 AM	1.75 in	About 22 miles from Lincoln, NE
11:21 AM	1.0 in	About 17 miles from Omaha, NE
3:44 PM	0.88 in	Near 41.12, -92.31, IA
3:46 PM	0.88 in	Near 41.10, -92.21, IA
6:04 PM	0.88 in	About 38 miles from Wichita, KS
7:41 PM	0.75 in	Near 37.23, -95.71, KS
7:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.27, -95.55, KS
8:35 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.49, -87.69, IL
8:58 PM	0.88 in	Near 37.47, -94.71, KS
9:00 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.59, -87.28, IN
9:34 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.49, -87.09, IN
9:40 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.23, -87.92, IL
9:43 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.44, -86.91, IN
9:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.17, -87.85, IL
10:00 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.76, -86.26, IN

Time	Gust	Where
9:40 AM	72 mph	Near 36.75, -98.36, OK
10:45 AM	64 mph	Near 37.87, -95.74, KS
6:50 PM	61 mph	Near 32.38, -104.23, NM
7:00 PM	64 mph	Near 34.85, -100.41, TX
7:06 PM	64 mph	Near 32.38, -104.23, NM
7:50 PM	70 mph	About 20 miles from Midland, TX
7:55 PM	60 mph	Near 37.27, -95.55, KS
8:17 PM	60 mph	Near 37.34, -95.27, KS
9:25 PM	64 mph	Near 40.71, -86.77, IN
9:25 PM	64 mph	Near 40.80, -86.79, IN
9:25 PM	64 mph	Near 40.75, -86.76, IN
9:30 PM	63 mph	Near 40.76, -86.65, IN

Show all 22 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
9:42 PM	81 mph	Near 40.55, -86.70, IN
9:43 PM	60 mph	Near 40.44, -86.91, IN
9:50 PM	63 mph	Near 40.75, -86.36, IN
9:58 PM	63 mph	Near 40.75, -86.36, IN
10:00 PM	58 mph	Near 40.74, -86.26, IN
10:05 PM	64 mph	About 59 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
10:05 PM	58 mph	Near 40.76, -86.21, IN
10:15 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
11:59 PM	49 mph	About 28 miles from Chicago, IL
1:55 AM	63 mph	About 25 miles from South Bend, IN

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Nebraska	29	29	0	0
Indiana	17	4	13	0
Kansas	8	4	3	1
Illinois	5	3	1	1
Iowa	2	2	0	0
Missouri	2	0	0	2
New Mexico	2	0	2	0
Texas	2	0	2	0
Oklahoma	1	0	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Lincoln, NE	1.25 in	None	0

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