Storm reports for September 13, 2008

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On September 13, 2008, 0 hail, 5 damaging-wind and 31 tornado reports were logged across 6 states.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $810,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (39 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Lonoke County, AR (near Cabot) · Tornado EF1 · $300,000
  “This tornado was spawned by Tropical Storm Ike. The tornado peeled the metal structure off a self-storage warehouse building. Although the items stored in the warehouse were left pretty much in place, heavy rain poured onto them, badly damaging them.”
• Wayne County, MI (near Plymouth) · Tornado EF2 · $250,000
  “At 918 PM Saturday September 13th a tornado occurred in parts of Plymouth and Livonia in Wayne County. The Tornado path length was 2.6 miles and began just west of Starkweather Street near the railroad tracks in Plymouth and tracked eastward across the intersection of Interstates 96 and 275 and…”
• Saline County, AR (near Traskwood) · Tornado EF1 · $70,000
  “This tornado moved out of Hot Spring County, east-northeast of Glen Rose, and entered Saline County, northwest of Traskwood. Many trees were blown down, one of which fell on a house. The tornado moved through the Crossroads community, which had been hit by a tornado on April 3, 2008.”
• Nacogdoches County, TX (near Woden) · Tornado EF0 · $50,000
  “A roof was ripped off a metal building and insulation was strewn into trees. Minor damage was observed to a trailer 1/8th of a mile southeast where the weak EF0 tornado first touched down. Several trees were damaged about 1/8th of a mile northwest of the circulation center.”
• Hot Spring County, AR (near Glen Rose) · Tornado EF1 · $30,000
  “This tornado was spawned by Tropical Storm Ike. Many trees were blown down, as was a power line. The tornado exited Hot Spring County, east-northeast of Glen Rose, and moved into Saline County, northwest of Traskwood.”
• LaSalle Parish, LA (near Searcy) · Tornado EF0 · $30,000
  “An EF0 tornado touched down in La Salle Parish northwest of Jena near Hwy. 84. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped including one onto a mobile home. There were no report of injuries.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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