Storm reports for October 8, 2018

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, October 8, 2018
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 5 hail reports, 9 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in 5 states on October 8, 2018.

in 5 states; 21
Storm reports: About 18 miles from Lubbock, TX; 1.75 in
Largest hail: Near 29.37, -100.78, TX; 72 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 35 miles from Des Moines, IA; 7
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 October 8, 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

Hail5, most at 5 PM

Wind9, most at 11 AM

Tornado7, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:19 PM	EF0	About 56 miles from Topeka, KS	3.12 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:02 PM	Not rated	About 37 miles from Lubbock, TX	0.52 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:15 PM	EF0	About 48 miles from Odessa, TX	0.05 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:54 PM	EF0	Near 40.46, -94.91, MO	2.18 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:02 PM	EF0	Near 40.35, -93.22, MO	0.82 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:22 PM	EF0	About 44 miles from Des Moines, IA	5.91 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:53 PM	EF1	About 35 miles from Des Moines, IA	4.92 mi long, 250 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
5:20 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Lubbock, TX
5:40 PM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Lubbock, TX
6:02 PM	1.75 in	About 18 miles from Lubbock, TX
9:48 PM	1.0 in	Near 30.97, -103.53, TX
6:30 AM	1.75 in	Near 29.53, -100.02, TX

Time	Gust	Where
11:50 AM	60 mph	In Odessa, TX
1:30 PM	40 mph	About 5 miles from Deltona, FL
3:50 PM	49 mph	About 5 miles from Dallas, TX
4:04 PM	62 mph	About 6 miles from Dallas, TX
7:38 PM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Des Moines, IA
9:50 PM	60 mph	About 42 miles from Des Moines, IA
12:50 AM	62 mph	About 39 miles from Midland, TX
4:26 AM	72 mph	Near 29.37, -100.78, TX
5:05 AM	60 mph	Near 29.36, -100.47, TX

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	13	5	6	2
Iowa	4	0	2	2
Missouri	2	0	0	2
Florida	1	0	1	0
Kansas	1	0	0	1

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Carrollton, TX	None	62 mph
Dallas, TX	None	62 mph
Deltona, FL	None	40 mph
Garland, TX	None	62 mph
Grand Prairie, TX	None	49 mph
Irving, TX	None	62 mph
Odessa, TX	None	60 mph
Richardson, TX	None	62 mph

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