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Texas storm reports for May 18, 2019

NOAA recorded 18 hail reports, 33 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in Texas on May 18, 2019.

in Texas
58
Storm reports
Near 29.60, -99.56, TX
2.5 in
Largest hail
About 38 miles from Tyler, TX
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 43 miles from Abilene, TX
7
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 18, 2019 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

Hail18, most at 5 PM

Wind33, most at 3 PM

Tornado7, most at 1 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:52 AMEF3About 43 miles from Abilene, TX5.79 mi long, 1760 yd wide
8:20 AMEF3About 42 miles from Abilene, TX7.84 mi long, 300 yd wide
10:42 AMNot ratedAbout 51 miles from Fort Worth, TX0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
11:34 AMNot ratedAbout 55 miles from San Angelo, TX0.06 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:45 PMEF1About 6 miles from Tyler, TX0.72 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:07 AMEF1About 46 miles from Beaumont, TX1.3 mi long, 600 yd wide
1:21 AMEF1About 49 miles from Beaumont, TX3.08 mi long, 100 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Allen, TX1.0 in58 mph0
Arlington, TX1.0 inNone0
Carrollton, TX1.0 in62 mph0
Dallas, TX1.0 in58 mph0
Fort Worth, TX1.0 in58 mph0
Frisco, TX1.0 in58 mph0
Garland, TX1.0 in58 mph0
Killeen, TX1.0 inNone0
Lewisville, TX1.0 in62 mph0
McKinney, TX1.0 in58 mph0
Mesquite, TX1.0 inNone0
Plano, TX1.0 in58 mph0
Richardson, TX1.0 in58 mph0
Denton, TX0.75 inNone0
Irving, TXNone62 mph0
Tyler, TXNoneNone1

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