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Storm reports for May 18, 2021

NOAA recorded 20 hail reports, 33 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in 5 states on May 18, 2021.

in 5 states
61
Storm reports
About 51 miles from Lubbock, TX
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 20 miles from San Antonio, TX
75 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, near 32.06, -88.73, MS
8
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • 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 May 18, 2021 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

Hail20, most at 4 PM

Wind33, most at 10 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
2:16 PMEF1Near 32.06, -88.73, MS1.43 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:59 PMEF0About 53 miles from Jackson, MS0.98 mi long, 300 yd wide
3:53 PMEF0About 32 miles from Jackson, MS1.49 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:54 PMEF1Near 29.49, -96.81, TX1.62 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:03 PMEF0About 52 miles from Lubbock, TX0.08 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:42 PMEF1Near 29.76, -96.92, TX3.27 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:23 PMEF0About 34 miles from Little Rock, AR0.1 mi long, 25 yd wide
9:16 PMEF0Near 32.58, -101.12, TX0.01 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas4519224
Arkansas7061
Louisiana3030
Mississippi3003
Oklahoma3120

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
New Braunfels, TX1.25 in66 mph0
San Marcos, TX1.0 in70 mph0
Conroe, TXNone58 mph0
Houston, TXNone58 mph0
Katy, TXNone58 mph0
Lake Charles, LANone69 mph0
Pearland, TXNone58 mph0
Sugar Land, TXNone58 mph0

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