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March 2013 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In March 2013, 732 hail, 463 damaging-wind and 19 tornado reports were logged on 19 storm days across 24 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Hinds County, MS on March 18, 2013. The most hail reports came on March 18, 2013 (149).

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

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732hail reports
463wind reports
19tornado reports
4.25″largest hail
19storm days
Mar 1: 0Mar 2: 0Mar 3: 0Mar 4: 0Mar 5: 11Mar 6: 0Mar 7: 0Mar 8: 1Mar 9: 93Mar 10: 0Mar 11: 0Mar 12: 0Mar 13: 0Mar 14: 0Mar 15: 0Mar 16: 1Mar 17: 5Mar 18: 149Mar 19: 45Mar 20: 2Mar 21: 0Mar 22: 11Mar 23: 95Mar 24: 19Mar 25: 0Mar 26: 0Mar 27: 0Mar 28: 0Mar 29: 94Mar 30: 110Mar 31: 96Mar 1Mar 4Mar 7Mar 10Mar 13Mar 16Mar 19Mar 22Mar 25Mar 28Mar 31max 149
Hail reports by day, March 2013

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Biggest storm days of March 2013

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStates
Mar 18, 2013149198104.25″8
Mar 31, 2013967504.25″9
Mar 30, 20131102223.00″7
Mar 23, 2013953802.75″7
Mar 9, 201393402.75″3
Mar 29, 201394122.50″5
Mar 24, 2013193511.75″4
Mar 19, 201345412.00″2
Mar 5, 2013113611.00″4
Mar 17, 201351901.50″4

Largest hail reported in March 2013

DaySizeLocation
Mar 18, 20134.25″ (grapefruit)Hinds County, MS
Mar 31, 20134.25″ (grapefruit)Duval County, TX
Mar 18, 20134.00″ (grapefruit)Warren County, MS
Mar 31, 20134.00″ (grapefruit)Duval County, TX
Mar 18, 20133.00″ (teacup)Chilton County, AL
Mar 18, 20133.00″ (teacup)Lee County, AL
Mar 30, 20133.00″ (teacup)Muskogee County, OK
Mar 9, 20132.75″ (baseball)Wise County, TX
Mar 18, 20132.75″ (baseball)Morehouse Parish, LA
Mar 18, 20132.75″ (baseball)East Carroll Parish, LA

Storm reports by state, March 2013

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Texas2645404.25″
Alabama8811743.00″
Georgia478032.75″
Mississippi842904.25″
Oklahoma991223.00″
Louisiana185402.75″
Florida264002.75″
South Carolina33601.00″
Kansas35002.50″
Arkansas20401.75″
Tennessee9851.50″
Nebraska17031.75″
Missouri16001.50″
Kentucky3211.75″
Montana060–
Idaho050–
Arizona1300.75″
Virginia040–
California2101.00″
Washington021–
Colorado020–
Oregon020–
New Mexico010–
Utah010–

Every storm day in March 2013

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A storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Read more about NOAA storm reports.