Storm reports for October 18, 2011

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On October 18, 2011, 23 hail, 7 damaging-wind and 5 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Coffee County, TN.

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

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (23)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $10.3 million in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (35 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Rutherford County, TN (near Rucker) · Hail 2.75″ · $5 million
  “Hail ranging from quarter up to baseball size fell across a wide area from Barfield northward through central Murfreesboro and across the Murfreesboro Municipal Airport.”
• Broward County, FL (near Davie) · Tornado EF2 · $4 million
  “A strong tornado rated as an EF-2 with maximum estimated winds of 125 mph moved across western portions of Plantation and Sunrise on the evening of October 18th. A total of 136 structures suffered damage, with about 20-25 of these sustaining significant to severe damage.”
• Coffee County, TN (near Tullahoma) · Hail 2.75″ · $1 million
  “Hail ranging from quarter to baseball size damaged numerous cars, homes, businesses, and schools in and around Tullahoma. The majority of the hail was quarter to golfball size, but some hailstones were reportedly up to baseball size. Videos showed the hail fell for around five minutes.”
• Martin County, FL (near Indiantown) · Tornado EF0 · $207,000
  “A thunderstorm quickly intensified southwest of Indiantown and produced a brief, but high-end EF0 tornado in rural area north of the town center. A NWS damage survey estimated maximum winds of 80-85 mph.”
• Glades County, FL (near Lakeport) · Tornado EF0 · $50,000
  “A tornado rated at EF-0 moved across Lakeport in Glades County. The tornado damaged approximately 30 manufactured homes. Damage was mostly minor with siding peeled off and some roof and tree damage. Maximum winds were estimated at 85 mph.”
• Indian River County, FL (near Florida Ridge) · Tornado EF0 · $24,000
  “Radar-detected rotation within a northeastward moving thunderstorm cell spawned a short-track EF0 tornado in Vero Beach Highlands. A NWS damage survey estimated maximum winds of 65-70 mph. An unoccupied home on 22nd Place SE sustained major damage, with part of the roof removed.”

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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