Storm reports for March 17, 2013

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On March 17, 2013, 5 hail, 19 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 1.50″ (ping pong ball size) in Stone County, MO.

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 (5)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (24 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Floyd County, TX (near South Plains) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $1,000
  “Law enforcement reported power lines down along Highway 207.”
• Lubbock County, TX (near Wolfforth) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $1,000
  “An NWS employee in southwest Lubbock estimated wind gusts of 55 to 60 mph from a virga shower. These winds snapped a 20-foot antenna and caused sporadic minor damage to property fences in far southwest Lubbock.”
• Castro County, TX (near Hart) · Thunderstorm wind 67 mph
  “Measured by a KVII schoolnet site at the Hart Elementary School. At 1635 CST, a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet located 3N Hart measured a 62 mph gust.”
• Lamb County, TX (near Amherst) · Thunderstorm wind 62 mph
  “Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet located 1NE Amherst. At 1635 CST, another Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet located 6S Olton measured a gust to 61 mph.”
• Potter County, TX (near Bushland) · Thunderstorm wind 61 mph
  “The KVII Schoolnet site at the Oasis RV Resort reported a 61 mph wind gust from the out flow of thunderstorms as they moved across Potter and Randall County.”
• Potter County, TX (near (Ama)Amarillo Intl A) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “The Amarillo ASOS reported a 60 mph wind gust as the line of thunderstorms moved over the station. Also visibilities were briefly reduced to a 1/2 mile due to dust with the initial outflow.”

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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