Storm reports for October 28, 2018

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, October 28, 2018
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 8 hail reports, 3 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in 5 states on October 28, 2018.

in 5 states; 15
Storm reports: In Akron, OH; 1.0 in
Largest hail: Near 39.29, -82.00, OH; 58 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 21 miles from Norwich, CT; 4
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 28, 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

Hail8, most at 5 PM

Wind3, most at 5 PM

Tornado4, most at 6 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:57 PM	EF0	About 4 miles from Portland, OR	1.15 mi long, 20 yd wide
5:10 PM	EF0	About 55 miles from Columbus, OH	1.48 mi long, 40 yd wide
6:35 AM	EF1	About 21 miles from Norwich, CT	1.96 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:58 AM	EF0	About 15 miles from Norwich, CT	2.33 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
4:00 PM	1.0 in	In Akron, OH
5:34 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Huntington, WV
5:49 PM	1.0 in	About 57 miles from Huntington, WV
5:54 PM	0.75 in	About 32 miles from Huntington, WV
5:55 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Huntington, WV
6:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.12, -81.75, OH
6:22 PM	1.0 in	About 48 miles from Huntington, WV
6:38 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Huntington, WV

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Ohio	9	6	2	1
West Virginia	3	2	1	0
Connecticut	1	0	0	1
New York	1	0	0	1
Oregon	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
Akron, OH	1.0 in	None	0
Norwich, CT	None	None	1
Portland, OR	None	None	1

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

Time	Gust	Where
5:40 PM	58 mph	Near 39.29, -82.00, OH
6:11 PM	58 mph	Near 39.22, -81.80, OH
7:40 PM	58 mph	Near 38.52, -80.59, WV