Storm reports for May 19, 2018

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On May 19, 2018, 135 hail, 62 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 11 states. The largest hail reported was 3.00″ (teacup size) in Lubbock County, TX.

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 (135)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $30.3 million in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (203 events in 11 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Lubbock County, TX (near Slide) · Hail 3.00″ · $30 million
  “A pair of nearly stationary supercell storms inflicted heavy tolls on thousands of residents across South Lubbock. The largest hail from tennis ball to just over baseball size occurred along a swath from near Quaker Avenue and 130th Street to Slide Avenue and 122nd Street.”
• Sullivan County, MO (near Newtown) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $30,000
  “A mobile home was overturned near Newtown.”
• Crosby County, TX (near Kalgary) · Hail 1.75″ · $30,000
  “Many windshields were broken in White River Lake and at least one house window was shattered.”
• Osage County, OK (near Fairfax) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $25,000
  “Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roofs of businesses, damaged the high school, and blew down trees and power lines.”
• Bedford County, VA (near Bedford City) · Tornado EF1 · $25,000
  “A tornado briefly touched down just south of Mount Olivet Road and moved North-Northeast, lifting before reaching a row of high voltage power lines about one mile Southwest of Hidden Oaks Lane. The tornado traveled over mostly open farmland.”
• Cleveland County, OK (near Lexington) · Thunderstorm wind 85 mph · $20,000
  “The 3-mile wide area of thunderstorm wind damage from a quasi-linear convective system that moved through Purcell continued into Cleveland County and Lexington. The most significant damage was to a church about one mile north of Lexington where some walls of a metal building were pulled away.”

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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