Storm reports for March 18, 2012

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On March 18, 2012, 100 hail, 25 damaging-wind and 12 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Todd County, SD.

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 (100)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $3.2 million in property damage and 9 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (137 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Ector County, TX (near Gardendale) · Tornado EF2 · $1 million · 3 injuries
  “A line of severe thunderstorms moved into Ector County around 11:20 PM CDT March 18th and progressed eastward. At 12:28 AM CDT March 19th, a tornado touched down in the Gardendale community and remained on the ground for two minutes.”
• Lincoln County, NE (near North Platte) · Tornado EF3 · $750,000 · 2 injuries
  “A tornado touched down four and a half miles west of North Platte just south of west Front street and traveled north northeast. The tornado damage was extensive to include two homes destroyed and two additional homes with significant damage from trees blown over and windows blown out.”
• Lincoln County, NE (near North Platte) · Tornado EF3 · $500,000 · 2 injuries
  “A tornado touched down 10 miles southwest of North Platte and traveled north and destroyed a large metal transmission tower. Two homes were damaged, several outbuildings and garages were damaged or destroyed.”
• Gray County, TX (near Mc Lean) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $20,000 · 1 injury
  “Local law enforcement officials reported that power poles were snapped along Interstate 40. There was also an empty tractor trailer truck traveling along Interstate 40 that was flipped over by the thunderstorm wind gusts. The driver of the tractor trailer truck was injured.”
• Gray County, TX (near Pampa) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $130,000
  “An official National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a narrow area of damaging thunderstorm wind gusts moved through Pampa, Texas between Banks Street and West Brown Street. The path of damage was twenty-five yards wide and five hundred yards long.”
• Todd County, SD (near St Francis) · Hail 4.25″ · $100,000
  “Hail to the size of softballs fell at Rosebud Casino, producing damage to the building and vehicles.”

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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