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Storm reports for August 6, 2018

NOAA recorded 104 hail reports, 152 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in 24 states on August 6, 2018.

in 24 states
259
Storm reports
Near 40.89, -101.73, NE
4.25 in
Largest hail
Near 38.81, -99.24, KS
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 37 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
3
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 August 6, 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 afternoon of August 6, 2018, a hailstorm moved southeast from Teller County along the Highway 24 corridor and dropped hailstones 3 to 4 inches across on southern Colorado Springs.1 Hail 4 inches across fell near Widefield at about 2:57 p.m. MDT, and 3-inch hail fell near Fountain.2,3 Homes in Security, Broadmoor Bluffs and Fountain took heavy hail damage to roofs, siding and windows.4 The NWS office in Pueblo puts the storm's damage at about $173 million, and eight people in Colorado Springs were taken to the hospital.1,5

In western Nebraska, one storm crossed from near Alliance to Imperial and dropped hail the size of baseballs to softballs in several places.6 The largest stones, 4.25 inches across, fell near Grant in Perkins County at about 7:33 p.m. MDT.6

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Pueblo: Summer 2018 Hail Storms
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Widefield, El Paso County, CO
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Fountain, El Paso County, CO
  4. 4. KOAA News5: Looking back at the 2018 Colorado Springs and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo hail storm
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Grant, Perkins County, NE

Reports by hour

Hail104, most at 3 PM

Wind152, most at 3 PM

Tornado3, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
6:12 PMEF0About 53 miles from Flint, MI0.17 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:27 PMEF1About 37 miles from Fort Wayne, IN4.04 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:43 PMEF1About 59 miles from Lincoln, NE1.62 mi long, 125 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Colorado474700
Nebraska393261
Missouri221210
Ohio211200
South Carolina191180
Alabama131120
Illinois11290
Wyoming111100
Indiana10091
New York10190
Georgia9090
Michigan8071
South Dakota8350
Kansas6150
Arkansas5140
Maine5050
North Carolina5050
Florida2020
Louisiana2020
Virginia2110
Iowa1010
Minnesota1010
Mississippi1100
Vermont1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Colorado Springs, CO4.0 inNone0
Cheyenne, WY2.0 inNone0
Denver, CO1.25 inNone0
Greenville, SC1.0 in63 mph0
Cleveland, OHNone58 mph0
Crestview, FLNone59 mph0
Detroit, MINone60 mph0
Hickory, NCNone58 mph0
Indianapolis, INNone60 mph0
Kansas City, MONone64 mph0
Rochester, NYNone60 mph0
Syracuse, NYNone58 mph0
Tallahassee, FLNone58 mph0
Virginia Beach, VANone58 mph0

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