Texas storm reports for May 18, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, Texas, May 18, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 19 hail reports, 22 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in Texas on May 18, 2021.

in Texas; 45
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 29.49, -96.81, TX; 4
Tornado reports

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

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

Hail19, most at 4 PM

Wind22, most at 10 PM

Tornado4, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:54 PM	EF1	Near 29.49, -96.81, TX	1.62 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:03 PM	EF0	About 52 miles from Lubbock, TX	0.08 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:42 PM	EF1	Near 29.76, -96.92, TX	3.27 mi long, 400 yd wide
9:16 PM	EF0	Near 32.58, -101.12, TX	0.01 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:24 PM	1.25 in	About 3 miles from New Braunfels, TX
3:34 PM	0.88 in	About 5 miles from New Braunfels, TX
3:50 PM	1.0 in	About 56 miles from Lubbock, TX
4:09 PM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from San Marcos, TX
4:09 PM	1.0 in	About 47 miles from Amarillo, TX
4:23 PM	1.0 in	About 37 miles from Amarillo, TX
4:36 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Lubbock, TX
4:47 PM	0.75 in	About 27 miles from Amarillo, TX
6:28 PM	1.75 in	About 51 miles from Lubbock, TX
7:12 PM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from Amarillo, TX
7:27 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Midland, TX
7:53 PM	1.75 in	About 58 miles from Lubbock, TX

Show all 19 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
8:23 PM	1.5 in	About 59 miles from Lubbock, TX
8:29 PM	1.5 in	Near 32.68, -101.38, TX
8:38 PM	1.25 in	Near 32.70, -101.46, TX
9:32 PM	1.75 in	Near 32.53, -101.02, TX
9:44 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.47, -101.00, TX
9:54 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.46, -101.05, TX
6:10 AM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Midland, TX

Time	Gust	Where
2:14 PM	75 mph	About 20 miles from San Antonio, TX
3:36 PM	66 mph	About 5 miles from New Braunfels, TX
4:15 PM	64 mph	Near 33.51, -94.62, TX
4:20 PM	70 mph	About 13 miles from San Marcos, TX
4:50 PM	75 mph	Near 29.48, -96.80, TX
5:32 PM	64 mph	About 44 miles from Lubbock, TX
7:42 PM	58 mph	About 58 miles from Katy, TX
7:55 PM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Katy, TX
9:10 PM	60 mph	About 27 miles from Tyler, TX
9:25 PM	58 mph	In Katy, TX
9:40 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Conroe, TX
9:50 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Sugar Land, TX

Show all 22 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
9:55 PM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Houston, TX
10:15 PM	58 mph	About 6 miles from Conroe, TX
10:15 PM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Houston, TX
10:15 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Houston, TX
10:30 PM	58 mph	About 8 miles from Houston, TX
10:30 PM	58 mph	About 6 miles from Houston, TX
10:55 PM	63 mph	About 18 miles from Pasadena, TX
11:15 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Pearland, TX
11:30 PM	75 mph	Near 28.59, -96.71, TX
11:30 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Beaumont, TX

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
New Braunfels, TX	1.25 in	66 mph
San Marcos, TX	1.0 in	70 mph
Conroe, TX	None	58 mph
Houston, TX	None	58 mph
Katy, TX	None	58 mph
Pearland, TX	None	58 mph
Sugar Land, TX	None	58 mph

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