Storm reports for April 15, 2000

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On April 15, 2000, 100 hail, 5 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 5 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Throckmorton County, TX.

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 (100)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $3.5 million in property damage, $5,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (111 events in 5 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Craven County, NC (near Bridgeton) · Tornado F1 · $700,000 · 1 injury
  “An F1 tornado touched down in the Neuse River just southwest of Bridgeton and moved northeast across the town. The tornado caused substantial roof damage to several homes and buisnesses near and along Highway 17. Two Buisnesses were destroyed.”
• Jackson County, OK (near Altus) · Hail 2.75″ · $2.6 million
  “Baseball size hail (2.75 inches in diameter) caused an estimated 2 million dollars in damage to homes and businesses and 600 thousand dollars to vehicles.”
• Carteret County, NC (near Cape Carteret) · Tornado F0 · $20,000
  “An F0 tornado moved onshore at Cape Carteret and damaged the roof of the Piggly Wiggly gorcery store and the Golfin Dolphin next door.”
• Cleveland County, OK (near Moore) · Thunderstorm wind · $8,000
  “A small area of minor wind damage, most likely caused by a short-lived vortex called a gustnado, occurred across a one block area in Moore, bordered by Northeast 12th St., Bryant Ave., Southeast 4th St., and Eastern Ave.”
• Palm Beach County, FL (near Boynton Beach) · Tornado F0 · $5,000
  “A waterspout moved ashore from the intracoastal waterway and did minor damage to a restaurant at a yacht club near U.S.1 and Hypoluxo Road.”
• Dallas County, TX (near Dallas-Ft Worth Intl) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph
  “A wind gust of 56 knots was recorded at the D/FW Airport.”

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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