Storm reports for August 18, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, August 18, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 55 hail reports, 60 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in 12 states on August 18, 2017.

in 12 states; 123
Storm reports: About 52 miles from Sioux Falls, SD; 2.0 in
Largest hail: About 53 miles from Sioux Falls, SD; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 55 miles from Sioux Falls, SD; 8
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, 2017 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

Hail55, most at 6 PM

Wind60, most at 6 PM

Tornado8, 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
4:40 PM	EF0	About 17 miles from Palm Bay, FL	0.18 mi long, 20 yd wide
5:29 PM	EF0	About 25 miles from Palm Bay, FL	0.36 mi long, 15 yd wide
7:26 PM	EF1	About 45 miles from Sioux Falls, SD	3.03 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:37 PM	EF1	About 46 miles from Sioux Falls, SD	1.34 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:47 PM	EF1	About 50 miles from Sioux Falls, SD	1.63 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:47 PM	EF1	About 50 miles from Sioux Falls, SD	1.63 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:07 PM	EF2	About 55 miles from Sioux Falls, SD	5.14 mi long, 250 yd wide
9:21 PM	EF0	Near 42.85, -95.49, IA	0.81 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
12:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 46.52, -95.09, MN
2:26 PM	0.88 in	Near 46.91, -95.05, MN
2:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 45.22, -96.63, SD
2:40 PM	1.25 in	Near 45.22, -96.64, SD
2:42 PM	1.75 in	Near 45.22, -96.66, SD
3:06 PM	1.0 in	Near 45.19, -96.56, SD
3:30 PM	0.75 in	Near 46.35, -94.19, MN
3:51 PM	1.5 in	Near 45.05, -96.50, SD
4:07 PM	1.0 in	Near 44.88, -96.69, SD
4:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 44.82, -96.60, SD
5:15 PM	0.75 in	About 5 miles from Trenton, NJ
5:22 PM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Fayetteville, AR

Show all 55 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:54 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
6:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 44.39, -95.89, MN
6:39 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.72, -91.23, IA
6:40 PM	1.0 in	Near 44.15, -95.12, MN
6:45 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
6:45 PM	1.5 in	About 17 miles from Kansas City, MO
6:50 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Kansas City, MO
6:51 PM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Kansas City, MO
6:53 PM	1.0 in	In Fayetteville, AR
6:55 PM	1.25 in	About 6 miles from Fayetteville, AR
6:55 PM	1.5 in	About 5 miles from Fayetteville, AR
6:56 PM	0.75 in	About 2 miles from Fayetteville, AR
7:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.75, -91.15, IA
7:12 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Richmond, VA
7:13 PM	1.75 in	About 10 miles from Fayetteville, AR
7:13 PM	0.75 in	About 43 miles from Duluth, MN
7:20 PM	1.5 in	About 46 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
7:22 PM	0.88 in	About 56 miles from Davenport, IA
7:40 PM	1.75 in	About 53 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
7:40 PM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from Fayetteville, AR
7:45 PM	1.5 in	About 37 miles from Kansas City, MO
7:55 PM	2.0 in	About 52 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
8:08 PM	2.0 in	About 46 miles from Kansas City, MO
8:14 PM	1.25 in	About 47 miles from Davenport, IA
8:30 PM	1.75 in	Near 43.09, -95.55, IA
8:41 PM	1.0 in	Near 43.18, -95.52, IA
8:44 PM	1.5 in	Near 43.09, -95.56, IA
8:44 PM	1.75 in	Near 43.09, -95.55, IA
8:56 PM	1.0 in	Near 43.03, -95.49, IA
8:56 PM	1.25 in	Near 43.01, -95.52, IA
9:15 PM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from Kansas City, MO
9:15 PM	1.25 in	About 39 miles from Kansas City, MO
9:20 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.88, -95.44, IA
9:33 PM	1.5 in	About 47 miles from Kansas City, MO
9:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.01, -92.74, MO
9:42 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Kansas City, MO
9:44 PM	1.25 in	Near 38.01, -92.74, MO
9:44 PM	1.5 in	Near 38.04, -92.70, MO
10:00 PM	1.0 in	About 59 miles from Kansas City, MO
10:38 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.50, -94.52, IA
6:08 AM	1.25 in	About 35 miles from Evansville, IN
6:40 AM	1.0 in	Near 38.50, -88.65, IL
6:45 AM	1.75 in	Near 38.35, -88.58, IL

Time	Gust	Where
12:39 PM	69 mph	About 25 miles from Scranton, PA
2:12 PM	60 mph	About 16 miles from Reading, PA
2:25 PM	60 mph	About 8 miles from Harrisburg, PA
2:47 PM	60 mph	About 8 miles from Reading, PA
2:50 PM	67 mph	Near 45.22, -96.65, SD
3:19 PM	60 mph	About 11 miles from Allentown, PA
4:07 PM	61 mph	Near 44.88, -96.69, SD
4:11 PM	60 mph	About 3 miles from Baltimore, MD
4:15 PM	58 mph	About 7 miles from Baltimore, MD
4:22 PM	60 mph	About 6 miles from Baltimore, MD
4:24 PM	60 mph	About 6 miles from Baltimore, MD
4:25 PM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Reading, PA

Show all 60 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
4:25 PM	70 mph	Near 44.82, -96.60, SD
4:40 PM	60 mph	About 33 miles from Lancaster, PA
4:54 PM	60 mph	About 16 miles from Philadelphia, PA
5:06 PM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Trenton, NJ
5:11 PM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Poughkeepsie, NY
5:15 PM	60 mph	About 5 miles from Trenton, NJ
5:32 PM	60 mph	About 4 miles from Trenton, NJ
5:34 PM	60 mph	About 34 miles from Fayetteville, AR
5:35 PM	67 mph	Near 44.56, -95.99, MN
5:45 PM	60 mph	About 7 miles from Trenton, NJ
5:45 PM	60 mph	About 22 miles from New York, NY
5:46 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Washington, DC
5:59 PM	60 mph	About 14 miles from Philadelphia, PA
6:05 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Richmond, VA
6:08 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Washington, DC
6:15 PM	69 mph	About 36 miles from Lakeland, FL
6:20 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Richmond, VA
6:21 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Richmond, VA
6:25 PM	60 mph	Near 44.21, -95.76, MN
6:28 PM	64 mph	About 4 miles from Fayetteville, AR
6:33 PM	60 mph	About 27 miles from Trenton, NJ
6:42 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Richmond, VA
6:42 PM	64 mph	About 3 miles from Fayetteville, AR
6:44 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Washington, DC
6:45 PM	60 mph	About 50 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
6:48 PM	60 mph	Near 40.28, -91.38, IL
6:49 PM	61 mph	About 12 miles from Richmond, VA
6:53 PM	60 mph	In Fayetteville, AR
6:53 PM	64 mph	About 2 miles from Fayetteville, AR
6:56 PM	70 mph	About 2 miles from Fayetteville, AR
6:57 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Utica, NY
6:57 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Utica, NY
6:57 PM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Utica, NY
7:02 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Utica, NY
7:02 PM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Utica, NY
7:02 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Utica, NY
7:03 PM	70 mph	About 52 miles from Fayetteville, AR
7:10 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Richmond, VA
7:13 PM	60 mph	About 48 miles from Fayetteville, AR
7:19 PM	70 mph	In Fayetteville, AR
7:23 PM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Richmond, VA
7:30 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Richmond, VA
7:54 PM	81 mph	About 53 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
7:55 PM	60 mph	About 59 miles from Fayetteville, AR
8:10 PM	60 mph	Near 35.32, -93.60, AR
8:20 PM	60 mph	Near 35.29, -93.53, AR
9:23 PM	60 mph	Near 35.11, -93.53, AR
1:07 AM	60 mph	Near 37.83, -92.10, MO

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Arkansas	19	7	12	0
Minnesota	17	11	3	3
Missouri	15	13	2	0
Iowa	14	10	1	3
Pennsylvania	11	1	10	0
South Dakota	10	7	3	0
Virginia	9	1	8	0
Maryland	7	0	7	0
New York	7	0	7	0
Illinois	6	5	1	0
New Jersey	5	0	5	0
Florida	3	0	1	2

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Fayetteville, AR	1.75 in	70 mph
Kansas City, MO	1.0 in	None
Trenton, NJ	0.75 in	60 mph
Allentown, PA	None	60 mph
Baltimore, MD	None	60 mph
Harrisburg, PA	None	60 mph
Philadelphia, PA	None	60 mph
Reading, PA	None	60 mph
Richmond, VA	None	61 mph
Utica, NY	None	58 mph

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