Storm reports for April 3, 2000

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On April 3, 2000, 13 hail, 63 damaging-wind and 17 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Smith County, MS.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (13)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $5.9 million in property damage and 6 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (96 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Escambia County, FL (near Warrington) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $70,000 · 4 injuries
  “Strong thunderstorm winds produced damage at the intersection South Fairfield Drive and Dalton Street. A mobile home was overturned by the high winds, and one end of the structure was sheared off to the floor level by some pine trees as it overturned.”
• Fayette County, AL (near Bankston) · Tornado F1 · $85,000 · 1 injury
  “The tornado began 3 miles southwest of Studdards Crossroads. Studdards Crossroads is located at the intersection of SR 102 and CR 63. The tornado traveled in a northeast direction for about 3 miles. The damage path was fairly narrow and was estimated to be only 50 yards at its widest point.”
• Lamar County, GA (near Milner) · Tornado F1 · $10,000 · 1 injury
  “As the storm continued from Pike county across the extreme northwest corner of Lamar county, large tree limbs were knocked down on another house. One man was injured when struck by a falling tree limb on Vaughn Road.”
• Jefferson County, AL (near Vestavia Hills) · Tornado F1 · $4 million
  “The tornado path began on Shades Crest just west of US 31. The tornado paralleled Shades Crest before moving down a hill and across the Birmingham Water Works and US 280.”
• Adams County, OH (near Winchester) · Thunderstorm wind 98 mph · $500,000
  “Thunderstorm winds caused significant damage to the town. Trees were downed, sheds destroyed, several roofs blown off, and a church porch was destroyed. The winds were estimated to average 60 to 70 mph with gusts to around 100 mph.”
• West Feliciana Parish, LA (near St Francisville) · Tornado F1 · $200,000
  “A broad swath of wind damage, approximately 5 miles long and 2 miles wide, occurred in a heavily wooded area to the northeast of St. Francisville. Within this broad area of damage was a narrow path of concentrated wind damage caused by a tornado.”

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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