Storm reports for October 13, 2021

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On October 13, 2021, 0 hail, 6 damaging-wind and 10 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 46 square miles containing about 490 homes.

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.

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $25,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (16 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Bandera County, TX (near Vanderpool) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $25,000
  “A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph. There were several large tree limbs down, broken windows, and the roof of a barn was completely lifted up and blown off at a residence north of Vanderpool.”
• Becker County, MN (near Frazee) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph
  “NWS Storm Damage Survey of the northwest shore of Eagle Lake, 3 miles west of Frazee, revealed two uprooted 18 to 24-inch pine trees and a flipped dock. Another dock had three aluminum deck panels ripped from it.”
• Bourbon County, KS (near Ft Scott) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “A large tree was reported down across West 18th street blocking traffic.”
• Cherokee County, KS (near Hallowell) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “The automated weather equipment at the Oswego Regional Airport recorded a 52 kt wind gust.”
• Traverse County, MN (near Rolsberg) · Tornado EF1
  “The first evidence of damage by the tornado was found on the south side of a cornfield at the intersection of Traverse County Highway 9 and 740th St. The tornado tracked almost due north, damaging a farmstead south of the 750th St.”
• Sargent County, ND (near Crete) · Tornado EF0
  “A tornado tracked intermittently for nearly two miles from just north of HWY 13 through the buns slough area of central Denver Township, o around 5 NNE of Crete by 408 PM CDT. The tornado repeatedly showed a dust plume but stayed mainly over open grassland.”

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.

Guides: What radar-estimated hail (MESH) is and isn't · Storm reports: preliminary vs final