Storm reports for October 9, 2018

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On October 9, 2018, 8 hail, 20 damaging-wind and 23 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 1.50″ (ping pong ball size) in Columbia County, WI.

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 (8)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $524,000 in property damage and $3,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (54 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Oklahoma County, OK (near (Tik)Tinker Afb) · Tornado EF1 · $100,000
  “A tornado touched down near Interstate 40 between Air Depot Boulevard and Town Center Drive, then moved northeast through the Town Center Plaza shopping area in Midwest City.”
• Cleveland County, OK (near Stanley Draper Lake Dam) · Tornado EF1 · $75,000
  “This tornado touched down in far northern portions of Norman just southwest of 84th Avenue NE (Anderson Road) and SE 164th Street and moved northeast into southeastern Oklahoma City dissipating northeast of SE 149th Street and Hiwassee Road. Many trees were snapped or damaged along the path.”
• Love County, OK (near Marietta) · Tornado EF1 · $60,000
  “A tornado moved southwest to northeast across Marietta producing tree damage, and creating significant roof damage to at least a couple of homes.”
• Lincoln County, OK (near Prague) · Tornado EF0 · $60,000
  “A tornado touched down briefly on the south side of Prague. The tornado flipped a car over a truck into another truck in a parking lot in Prague.”
• Union County, IA (near Cromwell) · Tornado EF1 · $40,000
  “This tornado developed between Creston and Cromwell in western Union county and traveled on a somewhat unusual northwest path. Tornado was mostly in open rural cropland for nearly two miles producing only crop damage.”
• Iowa County, WI (near Cobb) · Thunderstorm wind 74 mph · $35,000
  “A barn was pushed off its foundation with damage to the walls and the farm equipment inside the barn. Light-weight farm equipment was blown over. Some tree damage.”

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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