Storm reports for March 13, 2020

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On March 13, 2020, 1 hail, 1 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 0.88″ (nickel size) in Maricopa County, AZ. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 193 square miles, none of it over homes counted in the 2020 Census.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Colored areas are NOAA MRMS radar estimates of the largest hail (MESH) over the day, lower 48 states only; radar overestimates and underestimates size, so read it with the ground reports.

Storm reports by state

Cities with the largest radar-estimated hail

Counties by homes inside 1″+ radar-estimated hail

Homes are 2020 Census housing units and people are 2020 Census residents, counted by block group where its center of population lies under radar-estimated hail of 1 inch or larger.

Hail reports (1)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $575,000 in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (6 events in 3 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Reeves County, TX (near Arno) · Thunderstorm wind 130 mph · $500,000 · 1 injury
  “A thunderstorm developed over eastern Culberson County and moved east northeast into northern Reeves County. This storm strengthened as it moved into Reeves County and produced significant damage to the Highway 285 RV Park about 15 miles southeast of Orla.”
• Ward County, TX (near Barstow) · Tornado EF1 · $50,000
  “A thunderstorm developed over western Reeves County and moved northeast into Ward County. It produced a bowl-shaped tornado just north of Barstow. The tornado developed about a mile northwest of Barstow at the intersection of County Road 140 and 145 and only lasted for about a minute.”
• Otero County, NM (near (Alm)Wh Sands/Alamag) · Tornado EF0 · $25,000
  “Eye-witness accounts, from two residents located on both ends of|the damage track, provided visual evidence of the occurrence of a|tornado. In addition, a video was taken of tornado formation just|upstream of the damage area.”
• Maricopa County, AZ (near Ennis) · Hail 0.88″
  “Scattered thunderstorms developed across the northern portions of the greater Phoenix area during the early afternoon hours on March 13th. Some of the stronger storms produced a bit of large hail, which impacted communities such as Peoria and Surprise.”
• Reeves County, TX (near Balmorhea) · Tornado EFU
  “A thunderstorm in Reeves County produced a tornado about eight miles west of Mentone. A National Weather Service survey team was unable to locate damage directly caused by the tornado due to poor road networks.”
• Loving County, TX (near Mentone) · Tornado EFU
  “A thunderstorm in Reeves County produced a tornado about eight miles west of Mentone. A National Weather Service survey team was unable to locate damage directly caused by the tornado due to poor road networks.”

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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