The NOAA Storm Prediction Center logged 2 tornado reports, 25 hail reports and 18 damaging-wind reports for the storm day from 12:00 UTC on May 18, 2023 to 12:00 UTC the next morning — most of them in TX, AL, FL.
| UTC | Rating | Place | County | State | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:40 | — | 7 Ene Laramie | Albany | WY | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF A LANDSPOUT TORNADO ENE OF LARAMIE. LOCATION ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (CYS) |
| 03:02 | — | 4 Se Pantex | Carson | TX | A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST TO THE EAST OF FM2373. IT CAUSED SOME BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND TOSSED A DUMPSTER SEVERAL YARDS BACK TO THE SOUTH. IT RESULTED IN DAMAGE T (AMA) |
| UTC | Size | Place | County | State | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | 1.00″ | 2 Sw Cleveland | Blount | AL | REPORT OF QUARTER-SIZE HAIL NEAR CLEVELAND. (BMX) |
| 20:07 | 1.00″ | Harvest | Madison | AL | QUARTER-SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN HARVEST... AL. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (HUN) |
| 20:10 | 1.00″ | Big Spring | Howard | TX | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (MAF) |
| 20:17 | 1.50″ | Big Spring | Howard | TX | RECEIVED SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTO SHOWING APPROXIMATELY PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IN BIG SPRING. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (MAF) |
| 21:03 | 1.00″ | Fluvanna | Scurry | TX | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT SHOWING HAIL UP TO ABOUT QUARTER SIZE IN FLUVANNA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (MAF) |
| 21:26 | 1.00″ | 5 Sse Moulton | Lawrence | AL | TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (HUN) |
| 21:30 | 1.00″ | 1 S Jacksonville | Calhoun | AL | QUARTER-SIZE HAIL ON HIGHWAY 21 SOUTH OF JACKSONVILLE. (BMX) |
| 21:43 | 1.00″ | Lake Helen | Volusia | FL | PUBLIC REPORT OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN LAKE HELEN... RELAYED BY SPECTRUM NEWS 13. (MLB) |
| 21:53 | 1.00″ | Boys Ranch | Oldham | TX | TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (AMA) |
| 22:24 | 1.00″ | 3 Nne Wateroak | Hale | AL | HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE REPORTED ON CR 49. HAIL WAS MOSTLY DIME SIZED AND COVERED THE GROUND. (BMX) |
| 22:25 | 1.75″ | 2 Ese Talladega Municip | Talladega | AL | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED. (BMX) |
| 22:25 | 1.50″ | 1 Se Talladega Municipa | Talladega | AL | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL ON EASTABOGA RD NEAR TALLADEGA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. (BMX) |
| 22:45 | 1.00″ | 2 Sse Orlando Executive | Orange | FL | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT 4775 CURRY FORD ROAD. (MLB) |
| 22:58 | 1.00″ | 9 Wsw Bradyville | Rutherford | TN | TWITTER PHOTO SHOWED HAIL SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN QUARTER SIZE NEAR EPPS MILL ROAD AT I-24 IN CHRISTIANA. (OHX) |
| 23:04 | 1.75″ | Conlen | Dallam | TX | REPORTED BY STRATFORD PD. (AMA) |
| 23:33 | 1.50″ | 5 Se Conlen | Dallam | TX | WIND DRIVEN HAIL CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HOUSE AND TREES. ALL WINDOWS ON NORTH SIDE OF HOUSE WERE BLOWN OUT. TREES WERE STRIPPED (EVEN BARK ON THE TREES WAS STRIPPED (AMA) |
| 23:36 | 1.00″ | 3 N Partridge Crossroad | Jefferson | AL | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN CORNER... AL. (BMX) |
| 23:47 | 1.00″ | 2 W Marvyn | Lee | AL | ESTIMATED QUARTER-SIZED HAIL ON HWY 80 NEAR COUNTY ROAD 11. (BMX) |
| 23:50 | 2.50″ | 14 N Amarillo | Potter | TX | (AMA) |
| 00:52 | 1.00″ | 2 Ene Weogufka | Coosa | AL | CORRECTED WORDING. LARGE HAIL REMOVED LEAVES FROM TREES IN THE SPEAR BRANCH AREA... NEAR CTY RD 56. GREEN LEAVES & VEGETATIVE DEBRIS IS COVERING ROADWAYS. NO MEASUREMEN (BMX) |
| 00:59 | 1.75″ | 7 Nnw Pantex | Potter | TX | (AMA) |
| 01:10 | 1.00″ | 4 Wnw Pantex | Potter | TX | (AMA) |
| 01:42 | 2.00″ | 2 Wsw Pantex | Carson | TX | (AMA) |
| 02:14 | 2.00″ | 4 Nnw Panhandle | Carson | TX | (AMA) |
| 02:55 | 1.00″ | 9 N Panhandle | Carson | TX | (AMA) |
| UTC | Gust | Place | County | State | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:20 | 60 mph | 7 Ssw Pine Bluffs | Laramie | WY | TRAINED STORM SPOTTER ESTIMATES 60MPH WIND GUSTS WITH PEA SIZED HAIL... AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. (CYS) |
| 20:26 | damage | Romulus | Tuscaloosa | AL | SEVERAL TREES DOWN AROUND ROMULUS... MOSTLY PINES. (BMX) |
| 20:44 | damage | 7 Se Somerville | Morgan | AL | SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN ON COTACO-FLORETTE ROAD IN SOMERVILLE... AL JUST NORTH OF HWY 67. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (HUN) |
| 20:45 | damage | Bunnell | Flagler | FL | TREE FELL INTO ELECTRIC WIRES... BLOCKING ROADWAY NEAR 901 EAST LAMBERT ST. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (JAX) |
| 21:37 | damage | 2 Ssw Jacksonville | Calhoun | AL | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF TREES DOWN AND FLOODED ROADWAY ON VALLEY BROOK DR. (BMX) |
| 21:44 | damage | 6 E Rogersville | Limestone | AL | SEVERAL TREES DOWN OFF OF LENTZVILLE ROAD IN LIMESTONE COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (HUN) |
| 21:44 | damage | 6 E Petersburg | Moore | TN | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 231 AND PETERSBURG CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD. (HUN) |
| 23:55 | damage | 1 Nw Bagwells Crossroad | Dale | AL | TREE DOWN ON LAKE FRONT ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (TAE) |
| 00:17 | damage | Millerville | Clay | AL | TREES DOWN IN THE MILLERVILLE AREA... INCLUDING ON HIGHWAY 148. (BMX) |
| 00:28 | damage | 1 Ne Cactus | Moore | TX | A METAL ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF ONE OF THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS AT THE CACTUS JBS APARTMENTS. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (AMA) |
| 00:35 | damage | 1 N Weogufka | Coosa | AL | TREES DOWN NORTH OF WEOGUFKA ON CTY RD 29. (BMX) |
| 00:52 | damage | 2 Ene Weogufka | Coosa | AL | SPORADIC TREES UPROOTED. GREEN LEAVES ARE COVERING THE GROUND DUE TO LARGE HAIL. (BMX) |
| 02:18 | damage | 6 Nnw Canyon | Randall | TX | CARPORT DESTROYED ALONGSIDE VARIOUS ROOF SHINGLES AND WOODEN FENCE LINES BROKEN. (AMA) |
| 02:22 | 58 mph | 1 W Canyon | Randall | TX | (AMA) |
| 02:55 | 60 mph | 9 N Panhandle | Carson | TX | STORM CHASER MEASURED WITH HIS ANEMOMETER. (AMA) |
| 03:17 | 59 mph | 1 E Happy | Swisher | TX | (LUB) |
| 03:45 | 58 mph | 4 Wsw White Deer | Carson | TX | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 4 WSW WHITE DEER. STORM CHASER MEASURED WITH ANEMOMETER. (AMA) |
| 04:00 | 58 mph | 4 Wsw White Deer | Carson | TX | STORM CHASER MEASURED WITH ANEMOMETER. (AMA) |
Original file: SPC report page for this day. Times are UTC; the storm day starts at 12:00 UTC (7 AM CDT).