Storm reports for December 20, 2018

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

NOAA recorded 10 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in 3 states on December 20, 2018.

in 3 states; 15
Storm reports: About 17 miles from Lakeland, FL; 63 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 28 miles from North Port, FL; 5
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 December 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

Wind10, most at 6 AM

Tornado5, most at 7 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
7:32 AM	EF0	About 28 miles from North Port, FL	0.19 mi long, 125 yd wide
7:45 AM	EF0	About 24 miles from Lakeland, FL	0.76 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:14 AM	EF0	About 27 miles from Lakeland, FL	0.07 mi long, 30 yd wide
11:28 AM	EF0	About 5 miles from North Port, FL	1.02 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:10 PM	EF0	About 2 miles from Wilmington, NC	0.33 mi long, 40 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
6:30 AM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Ocala, FL
6:40 AM	63 mph	About 17 miles from Lakeland, FL
9:10 AM	46 mph	About 31 miles from Deltona, FL
9:48 AM	60 mph	About 2 miles from Jacksonville, FL
10:04 AM	52 mph	About 26 miles from North Port, FL
10:52 AM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Jacksonville, FL
1:20 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Orlando, FL
1:25 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Orlando, FL
3:05 PM	49 mph	About 11 miles from Port St. Lucie, FL
4:15 PM	60 mph	In Wilmington, NC

By state

State	Reports	Wind	Tornado
Florida	12	8	4
North Carolina	2	1	1
Georgia	1	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
Jacksonville, FL	None	60 mph	0
North Port, FL	None	None	1
Port St. Lucie, FL	None	49 mph	0
Wilmington, NC	None	60 mph	1

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