Storm reports for May 18, 2023

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

NOAA recorded 26 hail reports, 15 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 5 states on May 18, 2023.

in 5 states; 43
Storm reports: About 15 miles from Amarillo, TX; 2.5 in
Largest hail: About 59 miles from Amarillo, TX; 85 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 17 miles from Amarillo, TX; 2
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
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; 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
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
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, 2023 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. 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

Hail26, most at 3 PM

Wind15, most at 3 PM

Tornado2, most at 12 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
12:28 PM	Not rated	About 42 miles from Cheyenne, WY	3 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:02 PM	EF0	About 17 miles from Amarillo, TX	0.09 mi long, 25 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
2:00 PM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Birmingham, AL
3:07 PM	1.0 in	About 12 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:10 PM	1.0 in	About 40 miles from Midland, TX
3:17 PM	1.5 in	About 40 miles from Midland, TX
3:50 PM	0.88 in	About 37 miles from Deltona, FL
3:57 PM	0.88 in	About 48 miles from Deltona, FL
4:03 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.89, -101.15, TX
4:26 PM	1.0 in	About 37 miles from Huntsville, AL
4:29 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.79, -85.76, AL
4:43 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Deltona, FL
4:53 PM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Amarillo, TX
5:19 PM	1.0 in	About 24 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL

Show all 26 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:24 PM	1.75 in	About 44 miles from Birmingham, AL
5:45 PM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Orlando, FL
5:46 PM	0.88 in	About 23 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
5:58 PM	1.0 in	About 40 miles from Nashville, TN
6:04 PM	1.75 in	Near 36.24, -102.24, TX
6:33 PM	1.5 in	Near 36.20, -102.17, TX
6:35 PM	1.0 in	About 21 miles from Birmingham, AL
6:50 PM	2.5 in	About 15 miles from Amarillo, TX
7:35 PM	2.0 in	About 45 miles from Birmingham, AL
7:59 PM	1.75 in	About 18 miles from Amarillo, TX
8:10 PM	1.0 in	About 15 miles from Amarillo, TX
8:42 PM	2.0 in	About 14 miles from Amarillo, TX
9:14 PM	2.0 in	About 28 miles from Amarillo, TX
9:55 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Amarillo, TX

Time	Gust	Where
3:20 PM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Cheyenne, WY
3:25 PM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
3:35 PM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Huntsville, AL
3:45 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Deltona, FL
4:49 PM	60 mph	About 30 miles from Huntsville, AL
6:55 PM	58 mph	Near 31.39, -85.58, AL
7:16 PM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Birmingham, AL
7:28 PM	85 mph	About 59 miles from Amarillo, TX
7:34 PM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Birmingham, AL
9:18 PM	85 mph	About 12 miles from Amarillo, TX
9:22 PM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Amarillo, TX
9:55 PM	60 mph	About 33 miles from Amarillo, TX
10:17 PM	59 mph	About 32 miles from Amarillo, TX
10:45 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Amarillo, TX
11:00 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Amarillo, TX

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	21	13	7	1
Alabama	14	8	6	0
Florida	5	4	1	0
Wyoming	2	0	1	1
Tennessee	1	1	0	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Amarillo, TX	2.5 in	85 mph
Deltona, FL	1.0 in	None
Huntsville, AL	1.0 in	None
Orlando, FL	1.0 in	None
Tuscaloosa, AL	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.