Storm reports — Saturday, May 13, 2023

The NOAA Storm Prediction Center logged 22 tornado reports, 67 hail reports and 13 damaging-wind reports for the storm day from 12:00 UTC on May 13, 2023 to 12:00 UTC the next morning — most of them in MO, IA, OK.

22tornado reports

67hail reports · largest 3.00″

13wind reports · peak 66 mph

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Reports by state

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Tornado reports

UTC	Rating	Place	County	State	Remarks
18:15	—	3 Sw Pleasantville	Marion	IA	MULTI-VORTEX TORNADO REPORTED. (DMX)
18:21	—	7 S Alta	Buena Vista	IA	VIDEO OF VERY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD. (FSD)
18:44	—	5 Ne Schaller	Sac	IA	(DMX)
19:02	—	3 Sw Lakeside	Buena Vista	IA	BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. (FSD)
19:37	—	1 Nnw Boody	Macon	IL	BRIEF LANDSPOUT TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A FIELD. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED. THIS CORRECTS THE TIME/LOCATION OF THE PREVIOUS REPORT. (ILX)
19:50	—	3 W Boody	Macon	IL	BRIEF LANDSPOUT TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN. (ILX)
20:24	—	4 Ne Knoxville	Marion	IA	(DMX)
20:32	—	5 Wnw Harvey	Marion	IA	WEAK TORNADO. (DMX)
20:35	—	4 Wnw Harvey	Marion	IA	DELAYED REPORT. MINOR DAMAGE TO A HOOP BARN AND MACHINE SHED ALONG HIGHWAY T-15. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (DMX)
20:56	—	1 Wnw Harvey	Marion	IA	(DMX)
21:00	—	1 N Worden	Madison	IL	SPOTTER OBSERVED A SMALL ROPE TORNADO NORTH OF WORDEN IL THAT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OCCLUDING. (LSX)
21:20	—	4 Ne Newell	Buena Vista	IA	. (FSD)
21:26	—	4 Ne Newell	Buena Vista	IA	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 4 NE NEWELL. SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO OF DAMAGE TO A HOME AND SURROUNDING TREES FROM A TORNADO. (FSD)
21:53	—	2 Sw Fonda	Pocahontas	IA	(DMX)
22:20	—	1 Ne Scranton	Greene	IA	BRIEF WEAK ROPE TORNADO. (DMX)
23:10	—	5 Wsw Pocahontas	Pocahontas	IA	(DMX)
23:22	—	3 E Pomeroy	Calhoun	IA	(DMX)
23:23	—	2 Ene Pomeroy	Pocahontas	IA	DAMAGE TO GRAIN BIN SITE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (DMX)
23:38	—	2 W Palmer	Pocahontas	IA	(DMX)
23:50	—	4 Wnw Knoxville	Marion	IA	MULTIPLE STORM CHASERS REPORT BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN OPEN FIELDS. (DMX)
23:53	—	4 Ssw Pocahontas	Pocahontas	IA	POCAHONTAS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMS TORNADO ON THE GROUND... MOVING NORTH. (DMX)
00:23	—	2 Ene Havelock	Pocahontas	IA	(DMX)

Hail reports

UTC	Size	Place	County	State	Remarks
17:45	1.25″	2 W Williamsburg	Iowa	IA	REPORT FROM MPING. (DVN)
17:48	1.50″	3 Ese Foristell	St. Charles	MO	HAIL SIZE ESTIMATED. SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN SEVERAL OTHER PHOTOS RECEIVED. (LSX)
17:48	1.00″	1 Nw Wentzville	St. Charles	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (LSX)
17:50	1.25″	Wentzville	St. Charles	MO	PHOTO SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. ESTIMATED DUE TO ODD SHAPE OF HAIL STONE/LACK OF ITEMS TO COMPARE TO WITHIN THE PHOTO. (LSX)
17:50	1.00″	1 Nw Wentzville	St. Charles	MO	(LSX)
17:50	1.00″	2 Sw Flint Hill	St. Charles	MO	(LSX)
17:53	1.00″	1 E Wentzville	St. Charles	MO	PUBLIC PHOTO SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (LSX)
17:53	1.25″	3 Wnw Wentzville	St. Charles	MO	(LSX)
17:54	1.25″	Wentzville	St. Charles	MO	PHOTO SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (LSX)
17:55	1.00″	2 S Coralville	Johnson	IA	(DVN)
18:27	1.00″	1 Ssw Saint Paul	St. Charles	MO	SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL FALLING AT THE TIME OF THE CALL. (LSX)
19:02	1.00″	2 E Harvester	St. Charles	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (LSX)
19:04	1.00″	1 Ene Harvester	St. Charles	MO	RELAYED REPORT. (LSX)
19:06	1.50″	2 E Harvester	St. Charles	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). (LSX)
19:06	1.00″	2 S Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	(LSX)
19:06	1.00″	2 Ne Harvester	St. Charles	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (LSX)
19:07	1.00″	3 S Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (LSX)
19:07	1.00″	2 S Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (LSX)
19:07	1.25″	2 Ssw Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	(LSX)
19:08	1.00″	1 E Harvester	St. Charles	MO	UPDATE TO EARLIER REPORT HEAR HWY 364/HWY 94. (LSX)
19:08	1.50″	2 S Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	(LSX)
19:09	1.75″	3 W Bridgeton	St. Louis	MO	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS FALLING NEAR THE AMERISTAR CASINO WHERE I-70 CROSSED THE MISSOURI RIVER. (LSX)
19:09	1.25″	2 S Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (LSX)
19:10	1.25″	3 S Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (LSX)
19:10	1.00″	2 S Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	(LSX)
19:10	2.50″	2 Se Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	(LSX)
19:11	1.50″	2 S Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	(LSX)
19:11	3.00″	1 Ese Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	SEVERAL PHOTOS WITH MEASUREMENTS SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (LSX)
19:12	1.50″	2 S Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). (LSX)
19:12	2.00″	2 Ssw Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	PHOTO SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (LSX)
19:14	2.00″	3 S Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: HEN EGG (2.00 IN.). (LSX)
19:14	1.00″	1 Se Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	SPOTTER OBSERVED QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND TREE LIMBS DOWN. LIMBS ARE APPROXIMATELY 2-4 INCHES IN DIAMETER. (LSX)
19:15	1.25″	Maryland Heights	St. Louis	MO	(LSX)
19:15	1.50″	2 Wsw Bridgeton	St. Louis	MO	NEAR I-70 EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. (LSX)
19:15	2.50″	2 Se Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	(LSX)
19:16	1.50″	1 Sse Bridgeton	St. Louis	MO	(LSX)
19:16	1.00″	1 Sw Bridgeton	St. Louis	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (LSX)
19:16	2.00″	2 S Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	(LSX)
19:16	3.00″	2 Se Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	DELAYED REPORT. OBLONG HAIL MEASURING 3 INCHES AT ITS WIDEST. (LSX)
19:17	2.00″	Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	(LSX)
19:18	1.25″	1 Ne Maryland Heights	St. Louis	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (LSX)
19:18	1.00″	2 S Bridgeton	St. Louis	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (LSX)
19:19	1.00″	2 Ene Maryland Heights	St. Louis	MO	(LSX)
19:19	1.00″	1 E Maryland Heights	St. Louis	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (LSX)
19:19	2.25″	2 S Saint Charles	St. Charles	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: HEN EGG+ (2.25 IN.). (LSX)
19:21	1.00″	2 E Maryland Heights	St. Louis	MO	(LSX)
19:32	1.00″	Overland	St. Louis	MO	SPOTTER ALSO ESTIMATED WIND TO BE NEAR 50 MPH. (LSX)
19:37	1.00″	1 Ne Saint John	St. Louis	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (LSX)
19:38	1.00″	1 Sw Saint John	St. Louis	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (LSX)
19:38	1.00″	1 Sw Woodson Terrace	St. Louis	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (LSX)
19:50	1.00″	2 S Manchester	St. Louis	MO	(LSX)
19:51	1.00″	2 Ssw Manchester	St. Louis	MO	(LSX)
19:53	1.00″	2 S Manchester	St. Louis	MO	(LSX)
19:54	1.50″	1 Nw Peerless Park	St. Louis	MO	(LSX)
20:02	1.25″	Peerless Park	St. Louis	MO	PHOTOS SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (LSX)
20:02	1.75″	1 Wsw Valley Park	St. Louis	MO	(LSX)
20:04	1.00″	1 Se Peerless Park	St. Louis	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (LSX)
20:05	1.00″	1 Se Peerless Park	St. Louis	MO	DELAYED REPORT. PHOTOS SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. BETWEEN VALLEY PARK AND FENTON. (LSX)
20:11	1.00″	Shipman	Macoupin	IL	(LSX)
20:12	1.50″	1 Se Peerless Park	St. Louis	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). (LSX)
20:18	1.50″	1 Se Peerless Park	St. Louis	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). (LSX)
20:19	1.00″	1 Sw Kirkwood	St. Louis	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (LSX)
20:26	1.00″	1 Nnw Knoxville	Marion	IA	FROM KNIA/KRLS RADIO AT THEIR STUDIOS. (DMX)
20:29	1.25″	3 E Shrewsbury	St. Louis City	MO	REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (LSX)
21:51	1.25″	4 Nw Warr Acres	Oklahoma	OK	PHONE CALL. (OUN)
22:01	1.50″	4 W Edmond	Oklahoma	OK	TWITTER PHOTO. (OUN)
22:16	1.25″	2 Sw Edmond	Oklahoma	OK	TWITTER REPORT WITH PICTURE. (OUN)

Wind reports

UTC	Gust	Place	County	State	Remarks
20:00	damage	Ballsville	Powhatan	VA	TREE DOWN ON ROUTE 13 IN THE VICINITY OF BALLSVILLE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. (AKQ)
21:26	damage	4 Ne Newell	Buena Vista	IA	SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO OF DAMAGE TO A HOME AND SURROUNDING TREES FROM A TORNADO. (FSD)
21:40	damage	1 Wsw Toccoa	Stephens	GA	911 CALL CENTER REPORTED MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON THE INTERSECTION OF ROCK QUARRY CIR AND W CURRAHEE ST. (GSP)
21:43	damage	3 Nnw Warr Acres	Oklahoma	OK	LINE OF POWER POLES DOWN AT NW EXPRESSWAY AND ROCKWELL AVENUE. TIME IS RADAR ESTIMATE. (OUN)
21:45	66 mph	1 Nw Bethany	Oklahoma	OK	PWA. (OUN)
21:55	damage	1 Ne Boydville	Stephens	GA	911 CALL CENTER REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON HWY 184 N. (GSP)
22:07	damage	5 S Versailles	Ripley	IN	LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS ROADWAY. SEVERAL HOMES WITH SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. (ILN)
23:38	damage	8 Se Shreveport	Caddo	LA	PUBLIC REPORTS A COUPLE OF DOWNED TREES AT ELLERBE ROAD AND NORRIS FERRY ROAD. (SHV)
23:40	damage	4 Ese Lake Carl Blackwe	Payne	OK	TREE LIMBS DOWN ON ROADWAY WEST ON HIGHWAY 51 WEST OF PECAN VALLEY DRIVE. (OUN)
23:42	damage	1 Nw Stillwater	Payne	OK	NUMEROUS 2+ INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS OKLAHOMA STATE CAMPUS. (OUN)
00:00	61 mph	3 Nw Stillwater	Payne	OK	(OUN)
00:50	damage	2 Ese Hughes Springs	Cass	TX	TREES DOWN EAST OF HUGHES SPRINGS. (SHV)
00:51	damage	1 Wnw Spurgeons Corner	Brown	IN	REPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. (IND)

Original file: SPC report page for this day. Times are UTC; the storm day starts at 12:00 UTC (7 AM CDT).

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