Storm reports for November 18, 2017

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On November 18, 2017, 4 hail, 151 damaging-wind and 16 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 0.88″ (nickel size) in Vermilion County, IL.

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 (4)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $3.2 million in property damage, $5,000 in crop damage and 4 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (174 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Ohio County, KY (near Taylor Mines) · Tornado EF1 · $250,000 · 1 injury
  “This small tornado was embedded in a fast moving squall line that raced east at 55 mph. The twister first touched down at a home on U.S. Highway 62 just west of Goshen Church Road, tearing off shingles and uprooting a tree.”
• Clinton County, IN (near Frankfort) · Thunderstorm wind 85 mph · $205,000 · 1 injury
  “Part of the Walmart's roof collapsed and the front of the store was damaged due to damaging straight-line thunderstorm winds. Two semi truck was knocked over as well. One man inside an overturned truck was taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.”
• Meade County, KY (near Haysville) · Tornado EF1 · $200,000 · 1 injury
  “The tornado touched down just inside the Breckinridge-Meade County line north of Irvington. It pushed a large tobacco barn 15 feet eastward, tore off its roof, and collapsed several walls. Debris from the barn was scattered over a half mile downwind.”
• Maury County, TN (near Columbia) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $2,000 · 1 injury
  “Windows were reportedly blown out of a home at 100 Hallmark Road in Columbia causing one minor injury due to flying glass.”
• Madison County, AL (near Madison Co Jet Port) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $500,000
  “FAA representatives reported damage to 5 aircraft and 1 helicopter in two hangers. Three inch diameter ropes were broken that tied the vertical blades down. Time estimated by HSV ASOS wind report and radar.”
• Webster County, KY (near Providence) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $450,000
  “A microburst with estimated wind speeds near 75 mph downed hundreds of trees and limbs in and near Providence. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. The damage path was approximately 1.25 miles long across the community of Providence.”

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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