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Storm reports for July 19, 2018

NOAA recorded 82 hail reports, 158 wind reports and 23 tornado reports in 16 states on July 19, 2018.

in 16 states
263
Storm reports
Near 37.80, -99.86, KS
3.5 in
Largest hail
About 43 miles from Topeka, KS
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 36 miles from Des Moines, IA
23
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on July 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

An EF3 tornado with peak winds of 144 mph hit Marshalltown, Iowa, from 4:24 to 4:47 p.m. CDT on July 19, 2018, and went straight through the business district with EF2 and EF3 damage to many buildings.1 It injured 22 people, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $200 million in property damage from it.2 A second EF3 with 144 mph winds tracked along the north and east sides of Pella from 4:03 to 4:24 p.m. CDT, damaging houses northeast of town and causing EF3 damage on the east side.1 It injured 13 people, and Storm Events lists $120 million in property damage.3 Earlier, at about 2:50 p.m. CDT, two EF2 tornadoes with 115 mph winds touched down near Bondurant in Polk County, and one moved east through the town.1

Farther south, a line of storms with 50 to 70 mph winds crossed Stone County, Missouri, that evening, and on Table Rock Lake high waves sank an amphibious tour vehicle, killing 17 people.4 In southwest Kansas, hail 3.5 inches across fell near Wright in Ford County at 6:28 p.m. CDT.5

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Des Moines: July 19, 2018 Tornadoes
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Marshalltown area, Marshall County, IA
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Pella, Marion County, IA
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Stone County, MO
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Wright, Ford County, KS

Reports by hour

Hail82, most at 7 PM

Wind158, most at 3 PM

Tornado23, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
12:45 PMEF0Near 43.54, -94.67, MN0.21 mi long, 10 yd wide
2:30 PMEF0Near 42.65, -93.80, IA3.5 mi long, 80 yd wide
2:35 PMEF0Near 42.58, -93.78, IA4.43 mi long, 80 yd wide
2:42 PMEF0Near 42.58, -93.71, IA1.28 mi long, 60 yd wide
2:48 PMEF0About 12 miles from Des Moines, IA0.88 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:50 PMEF2About 12 miles from Des Moines, IA3.68 mi long, 130 yd wide
2:51 PMEF2About 10 miles from Des Moines, IA2.95 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:52 PMEF0About 42 miles from Des Moines, IA2.07 mi long, 40 yd wide
2:56 PMEF0Near 42.49, -93.66, IA2.67 mi long, 60 yd wide
3:18 PMEF0About 15 miles from Des Moines, IA2.35 mi long, 60 yd wide
3:22 PMEF0About 42 miles from Des Moines, IA2.79 mi long, 60 yd wide
3:28 PMEF0About 20 miles from Des Moines, IA2.62 mi long, 80 yd wide
Show all 23 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
3:35 PMEF0About 29 miles from Des Moines, IA2.48 mi long, 40 yd wide
3:45 PMEF1About 28 miles from Des Moines, IA3.96 mi long, 500 yd wide
3:56 PMEF0About 33 miles from Des Moines, IA0.99 mi long, 40 yd wide
4:01 PMEF3About 36 miles from Des Moines, IA9.17 mi long, 800 yd wide
4:11 PMEF0About 44 miles from Des Moines, IA0.85 mi long, 40 yd wide
4:15 PMEF0About 40 miles from Des Moines, IA1.16 mi long, 60 yd wide
4:24 PMEF3About 46 miles from Des Moines, IA8.41 mi long, 1200 yd wide
4:50 PMEF0About 57 miles from Des Moines, IA1.24 mi long, 60 yd wide
6:07 PMEF1Near 40.80, -91.97, IA2.14 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:09 PMEF1Near 40.75, -91.96, IA0.19 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:32 AMEF0Near 38.07, -92.87, MO0.12 mi long, 75 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Missouri8830571
Kansas7823550
Iowa367821
Mississippi142120
Illinois12570
Arkansas7160
South Dakota7340
North Dakota6600
Arizona4220
Nevada3030
Oklahoma2020
Tennessee2200
Indiana1010
Minnesota1001
Nebraska1100
Texas1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Kansas City, MO1.5 inNone0
Memphis, TN1.0 in58 mph0
Springfield, MO1.0 in74 mph0
Des Moines, IANoneNone4
Las Vegas, NVNone63 mph0
Topeka, KSNone89 mph0

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