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Storm reports for March 18, 2018

NOAA recorded 79 hail reports, 18 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 7 states on March 18, 2018.

in 7 states
99
Storm reports
About 41 miles from Austin, TX
5.5 in
Largest hail
About 12 miles from College Station, TX
71 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, near 36.02, -100.30, TX
2
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 March 18, 2018 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 March 18, 2018, hail 4 to 5 inches across fell on the south side of Smithville in Bastrop County, Texas, around 5:50 p.m. CST.1 Ten minutes earlier, hail 3 to 3.5 inches across fell near Rosanky in the same county.2 In Burleson County, hail the size of baseballs to softballs fell in Caldwell at about 4:27 p.m. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $100,000 in property damage from the hail at the Caldwell airport.3,4 Hail up to 3 inches across was reported in College Station.5

Storm winds estimated at 70 mph damaged several homes on the west side of Georgetown in Williamson County, tearing a chimney off one roof.6 Near Huntsville in Walker County, winds snapped or downed many large trees and damaged roofs.7 Around Onalaska in Polk County, many trees fell onto homes and other structures.8 Early on March 19, at about 1:10 a.m. CST, hail slightly over 2 inches across fell in Montegut in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, and broke vehicle windshields.9

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 745234, hail, Bastrop County, Texas
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 745231, hail, Bastrop County, Texas
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 738722, hail, Burleson County, Texas
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 739228, hail, Burleson County, Texas
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 739176, hail, Brazos County, Texas
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 745587, thunderstorm wind, Williamson County, Texas
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 739233, thunderstorm wind, Walker County, Texas
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 739213, thunderstorm wind, Polk County, Texas
  9. 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 735421, hail, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

Reports by hour

Hail79, most at 6 PM

Wind18, most at 6 PM

Tornado2, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:29 PMEF0Near 36.13, -101.19, TX0.06 mi long, 25 yd wide
9:14 PMEF1Near 36.02, -100.30, TX6.03 mi long, 70 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas756492
Florida8080
Louisiana7700
Oklahoma4310
Arkansas2200
Mississippi2200
Tennessee1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
College Station, TX3.0 in71 mph0
Round Rock, TX1.25 in70 mph0
Georgetown, TX0.88 in70 mph0
Gainesville, FLNone58 mph0
Tallahassee, FLNone58 mph0

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