Storm reports for August 21, 2018

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, August 21, 2018
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 29 wind reports and 1 tornado report in 11 states on August 21, 2018.

in 11 states; 32
Storm reports: Near 36.76, -102.28, OK; 1.25 in
Largest hail: Near 36.76, -102.28, OK; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 41.23, -78.75, PA; 1
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 21, 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.

Reports by hour

Hail2, most at 1 PM

Wind29, most at 2 PM

Tornado1, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
3:08 PM	EF1	Near 41.23, -78.75, PA	2.39 mi long, 300 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
1:07 PM	70 mph	Near 39.25, -108.91, CO
1:20 PM	69 mph	Near 39.27, -108.93, CO
1:25 PM	60 mph	Near 39.27, -108.84, CO
1:51 PM	60 mph	Near 39.85, -78.95, PA
2:05 PM	58 mph	About 58 miles from Tallahassee, FL
2:06 PM	58 mph	Near 39.69, -78.88, MD
2:09 PM	60 mph	About 52 miles from Hagerstown, MD
2:11 PM	58 mph	About 60 miles from Hagerstown, MD
2:25 PM	58 mph	About 54 miles from Hagerstown, MD
3:02 PM	58 mph	About 59 miles from Hagerstown, MD
3:10 PM	58 mph	Near 41.20, -78.78, PA
3:12 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Washington, DC

Show all 29 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
3:13 PM	58 mph	Near 41.22, -78.76, PA
3:23 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Hagerstown, MD
4:12 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Hagerstown, MD
4:37 PM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Greenville, SC
5:05 PM	58 mph	In Hagerstown, MD
5:40 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Hagerstown, MD
6:06 PM	60 mph	About 58 miles from Buffalo, NY
6:25 PM	46 mph	About 34 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
6:44 PM	62 mph	Near 37.43, -105.87, CO
7:05 PM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Erie, PA
7:12 PM	58 mph	Near 38.84, -78.42, VA
7:45 PM	60 mph	About 55 miles from Buffalo, NY
8:05 PM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Hagerstown, MD
8:33 PM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Baltimore, MD
8:46 PM	81 mph	Near 36.76, -102.28, OK
8:50 PM	58 mph	Near 36.69, -102.50, OK
9:55 PM	61 mph	Near 36.03, -102.55, TX

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Pennsylvania	6	0	5	1
West Virginia	6	0	6	0
Colorado	5	1	4	0
Maryland	5	0	5	0
Oklahoma	3	1	2	0
New York	2	0	2	0
Georgia	1	0	1	0
North Carolina	1	0	1	0
South Carolina	1	0	1	0
Texas	1	0	1	0
Virginia	1	0	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Hagerstown, MD	None	58 mph	0

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

Time	Size	Where
1:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.27, -108.84, CO
8:46 PM	1.25 in	Near 36.76, -102.28, OK