Storm reports for April 18, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, April 18, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 33 hail reports and 9 wind reports in 4 states on April 18, 2023.

in 4 states; 42
Storm reports: Near 40.62, -98.10, NE; 2.5 in
Largest hail: Near 45.43, -97.79, SD; 78 mph
Highest gust: 0
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 18, 2023 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail33, most at 9 PM

Wind9, most at 2 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Size	Where
12:00 PM	0.75 in	About 3 miles from Salt Lake City, UT
12:05 PM	0.88 in	About 3 miles from Salt Lake City, UT
12:35 PM	1.5 in	About 31 miles from Salt Lake City, UT
12:41 PM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Salt Lake City, UT
12:58 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Salt Lake City, UT
6:28 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.25, -98.69, NE
7:24 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.10, -98.99, NE
7:54 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.18, -98.76, NE
8:05 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.19, -98.71, NE
8:46 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.43, -98.33, NE
8:55 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.51, -98.27, NE
8:57 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.26, -98.20, NE

Show all 33 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
9:00 PM	1.5 in	Near 40.50, -98.25, NE
9:03 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.36, -98.14, NE
9:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.32, -97.92, NE
9:16 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.52, -98.11, NE
9:24 PM	2.5 in	Near 40.62, -98.10, NE
9:44 PM	2.5 in	Near 40.72, -97.94, NE
9:45 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.61, -97.85, NE
9:47 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.57, -97.82, NE
10:00 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Lincoln, NE
10:06 PM	1.0 in	About 48 miles from Lincoln, NE
10:46 PM	1.25 in	About 35 miles from Lincoln, NE
10:49 PM	1.0 in	About 36 miles from Lincoln, NE
10:52 PM	1.0 in	About 44 miles from Lincoln, NE
11:12 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Lincoln, NE
11:17 PM	1.0 in	About 23 miles from Lincoln, NE
11:30 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Lincoln, NE
11:31 PM	1.25 in	About 18 miles from Lincoln, NE
12:35 AM	1.0 in	Near 42.20, -97.69, NE
12:48 AM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Omaha, NE
1:00 AM	1.0 in	Near 42.36, -97.59, NE
5:40 AM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Des Moines, IA

Time	Gust	Where
6:45 PM	61 mph	Near 43.30, -104.02, SD
7:06 PM	63 mph	About 45 miles from Rapid City, SD
8:17 PM	64 mph	Near 42.71, -102.46, NE
9:38 PM	60 mph	Near 43.57, -101.53, SD
12:43 AM	75 mph	About 15 miles from Omaha, NE
12:48 AM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Omaha, NE
2:21 AM	58 mph	Near 45.43, -98.02, SD
2:29 AM	64 mph	Near 45.54, -97.89, SD
2:35 AM	78 mph	Near 45.43, -97.79, SD

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind
Nebraska	30	27	3
South Dakota	6	0	6
Utah	5	5	0
Iowa	1	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Lincoln, NE	1.0 in	None
Omaha, NE	1.0 in	75 mph
Salt Lake City, UT	1.0 in	None

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