Storm reports for October 20, 2018

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, October 20, 2018
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 3 hail reports, 10 wind reports and 1 tornado report in 5 states on October 20, 2018.

in 5 states; 14
Storm reports: Near 35.49, -114.69, NV; 0.88 in
Largest hail: About 25 miles from Detroit, MI; 72 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 8 miles from Buffalo, NY; 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 October 20, 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

Hail3, most at 3 AM

Wind10, most at 1 PM

Tornado1, most at 12 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
12:47 PM	EF0	About 8 miles from Buffalo, NY	0.16 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
12:40 PM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Flint, MI
1:05 PM	60 mph	About 6 miles from Ann Arbor, MI
1:10 PM	60 mph	About 14 miles from Detroit, MI
1:23 PM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Detroit, MI
1:25 PM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Ann Arbor, MI
1:30 PM	60 mph	About 12 miles from Detroit, MI
1:30 PM	72 mph	About 25 miles from Detroit, MI
3:25 PM	60 mph	About 13 miles from Cleveland, OH
3:31 PM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Cleveland, OH
4:06 PM	60 mph	About 25 miles from Cleveland, OH

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Michigan	7	0	7	0
Ohio	3	0	3	0
Arizona	2	2	0	0
Nevada	1	1	0	0
New York	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	Tornado reports
Ann Arbor, MI	None	60 mph	0
Buffalo, NY	None	None	1
Cleveland, OH	None	60 mph	0
Detroit, MI	None	60 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
3:05 AM	0.88 in	Near 35.49, -114.69, NV
4:30 AM	0.88 in	Near 35.42, -114.04, AZ
6:20 AM	0.75 in	About 15 miles from Phoenix, AZ