Storm reports for September 13, 2018

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On September 13, 2018, 1 hail, 3 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 5 states. The largest hail reported was 0.75″ (penny size) in Hillsborough County, FL.

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

Hail reports (1)

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 (7 events in 5 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Lawrence County, TN (near Mt Lebanon) · Thunderstorm wind 55 mph · $2,000
  “A few small 7-inch diameter pine trees were blown down on Kelso Road near Granddaddy Road.”
• Colbert County, AL (near Tuscumbia) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “Trees and power lines were knocked down in Tuscumbia.”
• St. Louis County, MN (near Smithville) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Multiple trees were blown down along the Willard Munger State Trail.”
• Hyde County, NC (near Swindell) · Tornado EF1
  “NWS storm survey team confirmed the tornado occurred near Swan Quarter. The damage path started near Farrow Rd, and consisted of a large softwood that was snapped. More softwoods were snapped along with some hardwoods being uprooted along Oyster Creek St.”
• Craven County, NC (near Cherry Pt Lndg) · Tornado EF1
  “A tornado touched down during the early evening near Havelock. A large swath of snapped pine trees were found in the Cherry Branch neighborhood. The damage was most extensive from near the dead end of Seattle Slew Drive southwest toward the intersection of Route 306 and Pine Cliff Road.”
• Pamlico County, NC (near Lowland) · Tornado EF1
  “A tornado touched down near Lowland. The damage path started toward the north end of Fulford Point Road and consisted of numerous softwood trees snapped, some hardwoods that were uprooted and a utility pole that was destroyed.”

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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