Storm reports for November 5, 2018

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On November 5, 2018, 0 hail, 77 damaging-wind and 29 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. Tornadoes killed 1.

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

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $10.3 million in property damage, 3 injuries and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (117 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Rutherford County, TN (near Newtown) · Tornado EF2 · $3.4 million · 1 death · 3 injuries
  “The Christiana tornado first touched down in far northern Bedford County southwest of Kimmons Road at Longview Road, damaging an outbuilding and blowing down a few trees.”
• Lee County, MS (near Bissell) · Tornado EF2 · $3 million
  “The tornado developed in far eastern Pontotoc County along Lee Line Road. The tornado then caused EF-0 and EF-1 damage to homes and trees just west and north of the Tupelo Airport. As it approached Colonial Estates Road the tornado intensified and damaged numerous homes.”
• Grundy County, TN (near Pelham) · Tornado EF2 · $750,000
  “Although a NWS storm survey originally determined the damage path across Franklin, Coffee, and Grundy Counties to be one long-track tornado, high-resolution satellite imagery from NASA Sport and Google Earth in May 2019 clearly showed that the original track was actually two separate tornadoes.”
• Adair County, KY (near Cane Vly) · Tornado EF1 · $750,000
  “This skipping tornado first touched down along Campbellsville Rd near the community of Cane Valley, where it downed power lines as it snapped tree limbs and uprooted several large trees.”
• Itawamba County, MS (near Ratliff) · Tornado EF1 · $500,000
  “The tornado developed near the bottoms of Twentymile Creek. As the tornado approached Highway 371 south of Kirkville, it uprooted and snapped trees and substantially damaged a metal garage building.”
• Bedford County, TN (near Longview) · Tornado EF2 · $400,000
  “The Christiana tornado first touched down in far northern Bedford County southwest of Kimmons Road at Longview Road, damaging an outbuilding and blowing down a few trees.”

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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