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Texas storm reports for May 18, 2025

NOAA recorded 14 hail reports, 5 wind reports and 9 tornado reports in Texas on May 18, 2025.

in Texas
28
Storm reports
Near 35.95, -100.03, TX
2.75 in
Largest hail
About 52 miles from Fort Worth, TX
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 38 miles from Abilene, TX
9
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 May 18, 2025 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

Hail14, most at 8 PM

Wind5, most at 8 PM

Tornado9, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
5:03 PMNot ratedAbout 14 miles from Abilene, TX2.98 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:19 PMEF2About 38 miles from Abilene, TX0.8 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:21 PMEF1Near 36.01, -100.00, TX1.68 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:47 PMEF0About 51 miles from Abilene, TX3.28 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:36 PMEF1Near 32.57, -98.41, TX0.4 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:48 PMEF1Near 32.57, -98.37, TX2.11 mi long, 995 yd wide
8:01 PMEF0About 54 miles from Fort Worth, TX2.59 mi long, 1000 yd wide
8:07 PMNot ratedAbout 51 miles from Fort Worth, TX0.23 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:36 PMEF0About 43 miles from Fort Worth, TX3.12 mi long, 200 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Abilene, TXNoneNone1
Denton, TXNone70 mph0
Lewisville, TXNone70 mph0

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