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Storm reports for May 19, 2018

NOAA recorded 135 hail reports, 62 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in 11 states on May 19, 2018.

in 11 states
203
Storm reports
About 7 miles from Lubbock, TX
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 23 miles from Norman, OK
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 20 miles from Springfield, MO
6
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 May 19, 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 the evening of May 19, two slow-moving storms dropped golf ball to baseball size hail on southwest Lubbock and around Slaton, Texas, with a few stones up to 3 inches across.1 In south Lubbock, the biggest hail, tennis ball to just over baseball size, fell in a band from near Quaker Avenue and 130th Street to Slide Avenue and 122nd Street, and quarter to golf ball size hail was common for a few miles on each side.2 Because the storms barely moved, hail kept falling for up to 15 minutes in some spots.2

NWS Lubbock said the hail damaged many vehicles, windows and buildings.1 Early estimates said about 1,200 homes might need new roofs, and that every home in the Vintage Township neighborhood would need one.2 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $30 million in property damage from the south Lubbock hail.2

In northern Missouri, hail and strong winds caused structural damage.3 Near Mount Moriah in Harrison County, hail up to 2.75 inches fell late that night, and golf ball size hail broke windows.3,4

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Lubbock: Giant Hail and Heavy Rain, May 19th, 2018
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database, event 746394
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database, event 760570
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database, event 760571

Reports by hour

Hail135, most at 2 PM

Wind62, most at 3 PM

Tornado6, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:59 PMEF0About 52 miles from Tulsa, OK1.9 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:04 PMEF0About 50 miles from Tulsa, OK0.9 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:25 PMEF1About 20 miles from Springfield, MO2.3 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:28 PMEF1About 21 miles from Springfield, MO2 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:36 PMEF1About 22 miles from Roanoke, VA1 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:17 AMEF0About 25 miles from Norman, OK7 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Missouri9056322
Oklahoma4325153
Kansas252140
Texas221660
Tennessee7520
Arkansas5500
Illinois4310
New Mexico3120
Kentucky2200
Mississippi1100
Virginia1001

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Lubbock, TX3.0 inNone0
Springfield, MO2.0 inNone0
Wichita Falls, TX1.5 in60 mph0
St. Louis, MO1.0 inNone0
Amarillo, TX0.88 in58 mph0
Memphis, TNNone60 mph0

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