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Storm reports for July 19, 2023

NOAA recorded 95 hail reports, 69 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 18 states on July 19, 2023.

in 18 states
166
Storm reports
Near 47.59, -93.69, MN
2.75 in
Largest hail
Near 39.40, -101.24, KS
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 44 miles from Raleigh, NC
2
Tornado reports
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on July 19, 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.

What happened

On July 19, 2023, an EF3 tornado with peak winds near 150 mph touched down at Dortches in Nash County, North Carolina, at about 12:25 p.m. EDT and tracked 16.5 miles to 9 miles east-northeast of Battleboro in Edgecombe County, lifting about 12:58 p.m.1 Its path was up to 600 yards wide, and 16 people were injured.1,2 In Dortches it destroyed multiple single-wide homes, carrying them 20 to 30 yards from their foundations.1 Farther northeast, at EF3 strength, it flattened a metal transmission tower and flipped semi-trucks in a large parking lot.1 Officials counted 89 damaged structures in Nash and Edgecombe counties, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $300 million in property damage in Nash County.3,2

Near Marcell in Itasca County, Minnesota, hail 2.75 inches across broke windows and dented a car.4 A storm near Torrington, Wyoming, dropped hail up to 2.75 inches across and damaged many cars and home windows.5 In northwest Wisconsin, hail up to 2 inches across damaged siding, window trim, roofs and cars around Siren and Shell Lake.6,7 That evening, wind on the northwest side of Cornell, Wisconsin, dropped trees onto houses and vehicles, buckled garage doors and damaged shingles.8

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Raleigh, archived by Iowa State University Iowa Environmental Mesonet: NWS Damage Survey for July 19, 2023 Tornado Event in Nash and Edgecombe Counties (Public Information Statement)
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado, Nash County, North Carolina, July 19, 2023
  3. 3. WBTV: Tornado touches down near Rocky Mount in Nash County
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Itasca County, Minnesota, July 19, 2023
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Goshen County, Wyoming, July 19, 2023 (Torrington)
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Burnett County, Wisconsin, July 19, 2023
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Washburn County, Wisconsin, July 19, 2023
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, July 19, 2023

Reports by hour

Hail95, most at 5 PM

Wind69, most at 6 PM

Tornado2, most at 11 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:25 AMEF3About 44 miles from Raleigh, NC13.53 mi long, 600 yd wide
2:30 PMNot ratedNear 47.67, -94.64, MN0.5 mi long, 20 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Minnesota6247141
Wisconsin292090
Utah151140
Wyoming121200
Kansas10370
South Carolina8170
North Carolina7061
Nebraska7700
Pennsylvania3030
Colorado2200
Georgia2020
New Mexico2020
South Dakota2200
Arizona1010
Florida1010
Illinois1010
Kentucky1010
Tennessee1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Colorado Springs, CO1.0 inNone0
Duluth, MN1.0 inNone0
Minneapolis, MN1.0 in60 mph0
Charleston, SC0.75 in52 mph0
Fayetteville, NCNone58 mph0
Ocala, FLNone46 mph0
Ogden, UTNone67 mph0
Provo, UTNone74 mph0
Salt Lake City, UTNone70 mph0
Tucson, AZNone60 mph0
York, PANone60 mph0

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