The severe wind outbreak of June 24, 2018
350 wind reportsOklahoma, South Carolina, North Carolina and 17 more states
350 damaging wind reports across 20 states between 1:11 AM and 12:55 AM the next day CDT, 26 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 83 mph in Keith County, NE. 66 hail reports and 9 tornadoes the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · June 24, 2018
How the day unfolded
Every damaging wind report of the day at its logged time, with the day's hail reports and tornadoes, and the counties they reached.
The day in numbers
- Wind reports
- 350
- on Sunday, June 24, 2018
- 75 mph or more
- 26
- 6 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- 83 mph
- 72 knots, Keith County, NE
- Measured
- 80
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 0
- 1 injured
- Counties reporting
- 182
- in 20 states
Hour by hour
Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
The strongest winds
The 100 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.
| 6:35 PM | Logan County KS | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 6:10 PM | Sherman County KS | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 6:43 PM | Thomas County KS | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 7:08 PM | Logan County KS | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 7:27 PM | Wichita County KS | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 1:13 PM | Keith County NE | 89 mph | Estimated |
| 5:00 AM | Okmulgee County OK | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 9:25 PM | Gray County KS | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 2:45 PM | Keith County NE | 83 mph | Measured |
| 12:10 AM | Dewey County OK | 83 mph | Measured |
| 5:15 AM | Okmulgee County OK | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 9:15 PM | Seward County KS | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 9:20 PM | Wichita County KS | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 9:28 PM | Haskell County KS | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 11:29 PM | Harper County OK | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 2:32 PM | Keith County NE | 78 mph | Measured |
| 2:32 PM | Keith County NE | 78 mph | Estimated |
| 10:15 PM | Ochiltree County TX | 75 mph | Measured |
| 11:26 PM | Ellis County OK | 75 mph | Measured |
| 5:45 AM | McIntosh County OK | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 PM | Pontotoc County OK | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:22 PM | Pontotoc County OK | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 5:40 PM | Craven County NC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:00 PM | Sarpy County NE | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 9:16 PM | Richmond County GA | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 9:30 PM | Gray County KS | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 3:05 AM | Garfield County OK | 74 mph | Measured |
| 2:10 PM | Grady County OK | 74 mph | Measured |
| 1:55 PM | Canadian County OK | 72 mph | Measured |
| 7:07 PM | Gove County KS | 72 mph | Measured |
| 11:45 PM | Woods County OK | 72 mph | Measured |
| 12:40 AM | Dewey County OK | 72 mph | Measured |
| 8:08 PM | Kearny County KS | 72 mph | Estimated |
| 12:25 AM | Woodward County OK | 71 mph | Measured |
| 12:20 AM | Woodward County OK | 70 mph | Measured |
| 5:51 AM | Pittsburg County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:36 AM | Sequoyah County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:41 AM | Le Flore County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:20 AM | McCurtain County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 7:20 AM | McCurtain County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:55 PM | Madison County IA | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:10 PM | Pontotoc County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:10 PM | Webster County KY | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:20 PM | Carter County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 6:06 PM | Sherman County KS | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 9:19 PM | Haskell County KS | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 9:30 PM | Seward County KS | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 11:50 PM | Randall County TX | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 10:31 PM | Hansford County TX | 69 mph | Measured |
| 1:28 PM | Clarke County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:05 PM | Duplin County NC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 7:25 PM | Richland County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 7:30 PM | Kershaw County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 8:10 PM | Bladen County NC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 8:32 PM | Clarendon County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 8:35 PM | Clarendon County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 8:48 PM | Clarendon County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 8:52 PM | Aiken County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 9:06 PM | Aiken County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 9:09 PM | Aiken County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 9:13 PM | Richmond County GA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 9:40 PM | Bladen County NC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 10:00 PM | Orangeburg County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:15 PM | Grady County OK | 68 mph | Measured |
| 6:52 PM | Logan County KS | 68 mph | Measured |
| 9:22 PM | Gray County KS | 68 mph | Measured |
| 9:25 PM | Texas County OK | 68 mph | Measured |
| 9:28 PM | Seward County KS | 68 mph | Measured |
| 11:50 PM | Woods County OK | 68 mph | Measured |
| 12:30 AM | Woods County OK | 68 mph | Measured |
| 12:45 AM | Dewey County OK | 68 mph | Measured |
| 4:40 AM | Tulsa County OK | 67 mph | Measured |
| 5:00 AM | Okfuskee County OK | 67 mph | Measured |
| 12:35 AM | Dewey County OK | 67 mph | Measured |
| 5:29 PM | Kit Carson County CO | 66 mph | Measured |
| 8:45 PM | Finney County KS | 66 mph | Measured |
| 8:51 PM | Finney County KS | 66 mph | Measured |
| 12:02 AM | Randall County TX | 66 mph | Measured |
| 7:05 AM | Crawford County AR | 64 mph | Measured |
| 4:50 PM | Gregory County SD | 64 mph | Measured |
| 6:50 PM | Westchester County NY | 64 mph | Measured |
| 7:54 PM | Wichita County KS | 64 mph | Measured |
| 9:20 PM | Texas County OK | 64 mph | Measured |
| 11:37 PM | Ellis County OK | 64 mph | Measured |
| 12:35 AM | Woods County OK | 64 mph | Measured |
| 3:00 AM | Taylor County KY | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:00 AM | Garfield County OK | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:13 AM | Pawnee County OK | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:50 AM | Muskogee County OK | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:55 AM | Pittsburg County OK | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 6:45 AM | Sebastian County AR | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 12:25 PM | Oklahoma County OK | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:45 PM | Madison County IA | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:45 PM | Grant County SD | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:38 PM | Dickinson County IA | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:41 PM | Franklin County AR | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 PM | Franklin County AR | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:48 PM | Clay County IA | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 7:30 PM | Sheridan County KS | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 7:50 PM | Gallatin County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
By state
| Oklahoma | 69 | 83 mph |
| South Carolina | 52 | 49 mph |
| North Carolina | 45 | — |
| Kansas | 44 | 72 mph |
| Virginia | 38 | — |
| Arkansas | 20 | 64 mph |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | — |
| Texas | 13 | 75 mph |
| Tennessee | 13 | — |
| Georgia | 11 | — |
| Nebraska | 10 | 83 mph |
| Iowa | 5 | — |
| New York | 5 | 64 mph |
| Kentucky | 3 | — |
| South Dakota | 2 | 64 mph |
| Massachusetts | 2 | — |
| Maryland | 2 | — |
| Colorado | 1 | 66 mph |
| Illinois | 1 | — |
| New Jersey | 1 | — |
| New Mexico | 0 | — |
Counties with the most wind reports
- Aiken CountySC · 9 reports
- Pontotoc CountyOK · 7 reports
- Montgomery CountyPA · 7 reports
- Keith CountyNE · 6 reports
- Colleton CountySC · 6 reports
- Woodward CountyOK · 6 reports
- Sampson CountyNC · 6 reports
- Dewey CountyOK · 6 reports
- Richland CountySC · 6 reports
- Logan CountyKS · 5 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
66 hail reports, 3 of 2 inches or more; 9 tornadoes.
| 9:43 PM | Beaver County OK | 2.75 |
| 1:45 AM | Mayes County OK | 2.00 |
| 3:53 PM | El Paso County CO | 2.00 |
| 4:33 AM | Haskell County OK | 1.75 |
| 3:30 PM | Teller County CO | 1.75 |
| 9:53 PM | Beaver County OK | 1.75 |
| 10:13 PM | Cimarron County OK | 1.75 |
| 1:48 AM | Mayes County OK | 1.50 |
| 1:58 PM | El Paso County CO | 1.50 |
| 7:00 PM | Union County NM | 1.50 |
| 9:00 PM | Onslow County NC | 1.50 |
| 10:28 PM | Cimarron County OK | 1.50 |
| 4:11 AM | Pittsburg County OK | 1.25 |
| 5:27 AM | Pittsburg County OK | 1.25 |
| 5:57 AM | Jackson County AR | 1.25 |
| 6:25 AM | Clark County KS | 1.25 |
| 1:52 PM | El Paso County CO | 1.25 |
| 9:36 PM | Texas County OK | 1.25 |
| 1:16 AM | Wallace County KS | 1.00 |
| 1:39 AM | Sherman County KS | 1.00 |
| 2:00 AM | Mayes County OK | 1.00 |
| 2:17 AM | Sherman County KS | 1.00 |
| 2:21 AM | Sherman County KS | 1.00 |
| 2:50 AM | Pittsburg County OK | 1.00 |
| 5:09 AM | Pittsburg County OK | 1.00 |
| 5:25 AM | Finney County KS | 1.00 |
| 7:26 AM | Logan County AR | 1.00 |
| 1:35 PM | Weld County CO | 1.00 |
| 1:45 PM | El Paso County CO | 1.00 |
| 1:50 PM | El Paso County CO | 1.00 |
| 1:54 PM | El Paso County CO | 1.00 |
| 1:57 PM | El Paso County CO | 1.00 |
| 2:14 PM | El Paso County CO | 1.00 |
| 2:15 PM | El Paso County CO | 1.00 |
| 2:20 PM | El Paso County CO | 1.00 |
| 3:07 PM | Webster County KY | 1.00 |
| 3:25 PM | Guthrie County IA | 1.00 |
| 3:31 PM | Buckingham County VA | 1.00 |
| 3:49 PM | El Paso County CO | 1.00 |
| 3:50 PM | El Paso County CO | 1.00 |
| 4:10 PM | Lincoln County CO | 1.00 |
| 4:45 PM | Susquehanna County PA | 1.00 |
| 4:56 PM | Pierce County NE | 1.00 |
| 4:58 PM | El Paso County CO | 1.00 |
| 5:10 PM | Kit Carson County CO | 1.00 |
| 5:40 PM | Onslow County NC | 1.00 |
| 5:52 PM | Onslow County NC | 1.00 |
| 7:05 PM | Dodge County NE | 1.00 |
| 7:22 PM | Fillmore County NE | 1.00 |
| 8:58 PM | Onslow County NC | 1.00 |
- EF0 tornado11:18 AM CDT
- EF0 tornado12:14 PM CDT
- EF0 tornado3:12 PM CDT
- EF0 tornado3:51 PM CDT
- EF0 tornado5:10 PM CDT
- EF0 tornado7:12 PM CDT
- EF0 tornado7:14 PM CDT
- EF0 tornado7:17 PM CDT
- EF0 tornado7:43 PM CDT
2018 · On this date in other years · The biggest severe wind days
- A report is a single damage or measurement report to the National Weather Service. Several reports can describe one gust front, so reports are not storms.
- Reporting has grown with population, spotter networks and the internet, so counts from different decades are not directly comparable.
- Thunderstorm wind reports start at 50 knots (58 mph). SPC began flagging measured against estimated speeds in 2006; earlier reports are shown as estimated.
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1955 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; a severe wind day here has 300 or more damaging wind reports, or 15 or more of 75 knots (86 mph) or more.