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Storm reports for June 19, 2019

NOAA recorded 115 hail reports, 272 wind reports and 11 tornado reports in 18 states on June 19, 2019.

in 18 states
398
Storm reports
Near 34.38, -94.36, AR
5.0 in
Largest hail
Near 31.33, -92.33, LA
110 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 21 miles from Shreveport, LA
11
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 June 19, 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.

What happened

On June 19, 2019, hail of softball size or larger hit around Vandervoort and Cove in Polk County, Arkansas, between 6:30 and 7 p.m. CDT, and photos showed some stones close to 5 inches across.1 In Coleman County, Texas, wind-driven hail from golf ball to softball size broke windows in Coleman around 8:18 p.m. CDT.2 The county emergency manager reported many windows and windshields blown out by hail in Santa Anna, injuring people inside vehicles.3 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $500,000 in property damage from hail in Santa Anna.4

Late that evening, a line of storms brought winds of 80 to 90 mph to southeast Arkansas and the Mississippi Delta.5 In Rosedale, Mississippi, the wind peeled the roofs off several downtown businesses, and in Dermott, Arkansas, 70 to 80 mph winds caused minor roof damage to many structures.5,6 A tree that fell on a mobile home in Washington County, Mississippi, killed one person.7 Around 10:47 p.m. CDT, an EF2 tornado with winds near 130 mph northeast of Benton in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, downed hundreds of trees and damaged three homes, tearing most of the roof off one.8

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 833767, hail, Polk County, Arkansas
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 832176, hail, Coleman County, Texas
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 832173, hail, Coleman County, Texas
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 832178, hail, Coleman County, Texas
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 830424, thunderstorm wind, Bolivar County, Mississippi
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 827322, thunderstorm wind, Chicot County, Arkansas
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 832796, thunderstorm wind, Washington County, Mississippi
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 829357, tornado, Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Reports by hour

Hail115, most at 6 PM

Wind272, most at 8 PM

Tornado11, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:45 AMEF0About 33 miles from Lake Charles, LA0.01 mi long, 10 yd wide
6:10 PMEF0About 16 miles from Clarksville, TN1.25 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:24 PMEF1Near 33.85, -94.66, OK0.38 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:40 PMEF0Near 39.62, -89.06, IL0.1 mi long, 10 yd wide
7:22 PMEF0Near 39.65, -88.69, IL0.11 mi long, 10 yd wide
7:22 PMEF0Near 38.57, -88.94, IL0.08 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:56 PMEF1Near 44.15, -107.10, WY4.09 mi long, 250 yd wide
8:50 PMEF0Near 43.23, -105.24, WY12.62 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:47 PMEF2About 21 miles from Shreveport, LA1.44 mi long, 175 yd wide
3:14 AMEF1Near 31.41, -92.42, LA0.94 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:30 AMEF1Near 31.39, -92.17, LA1.76 mi long, 250 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas7854240
Tennessee763721
Arkansas507430
Mississippi380380
Alabama320320
Louisiana230194
Wyoming181152
Kansas161420
Oklahoma131021
Kentucky9090
Missouri9630
Florida8080
Georgia7070
Illinois6033
Montana6240
Nebraska5500
South Dakota3300
Ohio1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Allen, TX1.25 inNone0
Frisco, TX1.25 inNone0
McKinney, TX1.25 inNone0
Nashville, TN1.25 in60 mph0
Plano, TX1.25 inNone0
Waco, TX1.0 in59 mph0
Chattanooga, TNNone58 mph0
Knoxville, TNNone58 mph0
Little Rock, ARNone70 mph0
Memphis, TNNone67 mph0
Ocala, FLNone52 mph0
Orlando, FLNone69 mph0
Shreveport, LANone70 mph0
Temple, TXNone64 mph0
Tuscaloosa, ALNone58 mph0

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