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Storm reports for November 2, 2018

NOAA recorded 1 hail report, 42 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in 7 states on November 2, 2018.

in 7 states
51
Storm reports
About 14 miles from Reading, PA
1.0 in
Largest hail
About 17 miles from Reading, PA
92 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 44 miles from Lynchburg, VA
8
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 November 2, 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 evening of November 2, 2018, an EF2 tornado with peak winds near 120 mph entered Carroll County, Maryland, at about 8:20 p.m. EDT and tore off roofing in the retail area of Mount Airy.1 It heavily damaged several mobile homes and destroyed greenhouses and farm outbuildings, and Storm Events lists $900,000 in property damage, an estimate from Carroll County Emergency Management.1 At about 9:42 p.m. EDT, an EF1 tornado with peak winds near 105 mph crossed southeast Baltimore along Holabird Avenue and tore the roof off part of a large building.2 Concrete wall panels then collapsed into the building, killing two people inside.2 Minutes later in Dundalk, it stripped roof decking from apartment buildings, and 42 people were displaced.3

Earlier, at about 3:13 p.m. EDT, an EF1 tornado in Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida, caused widespread damage in two mobile home parks and tore a condominium roof off.4 Minutes later, tornadoes damaged seven homes in Port Richey and badly damaged two roofs in Spring Hill, with Storm Events listing $500,000 in property damage in each place.5,6

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Mount Airy, Carroll County, MD
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Baltimore City, MD
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Dundalk, Baltimore County, MD
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Seminole, Pinellas County, FL
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Port Richey, Pasco County, FL
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Spring Hill, Hernando County, FL

Reports by hour

Hail1, most at 9 PM

Wind42, most at 9 PM

Tornado8, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:13 PMEF1About 21 miles from Tampa, FL1.7 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:17 PMEF1About 19 miles from Tampa, FL0.27 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:22 PMEF1About 35 miles from Tampa, FL0.71 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:24 PMEF1About 25 miles from Tampa, FL0.78 mi long, 125 yd wide
3:22 PMEF1About 17 miles from Tampa, FL1.21 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:14 PMEF2About 44 miles from Lynchburg, VA1.74 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:19 PMEF2About 30 miles from Baltimore, MD5.45 mi long, 400 yd wide
8:42 PMEF1About 4 miles from Baltimore, MD2.72 mi long, 150 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Pennsylvania211200
Florida14095
Maryland120102
Massachusetts1010
New Jersey1010
Rhode Island1010
Virginia1001

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Reading, PA1.0 in58 mph0
Allentown, PANone58 mph0
Baltimore, MDNoneNone1
Boston, MANone58 mph0
Lakeland, FLNone66 mph0
Lancaster, PANone60 mph0
Philadelphia, PANone58 mph0
Providence, RINone58 mph0
Tampa, FLNone63 mph0

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