Storm reports for April 7, 2001

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On April 7, 2001, 15 hail, 8 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 5 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Lucas County, OH.

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 (15)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $462,000 in property damage and $41.3 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (29 events in 5 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Fresno County, CA (near Clovis) · Tornado F0 · $150,000
  “Post storm analysis and evaluation yielded a 0.3 mile swath for a small F0 tornado through an older, residential neighborhood of Clovis, CA, 2 miles northeast of the Fresno Air Terminal.”
• Sandusky County, OH (near Woodville) · Thunderstorm wind · $75,000
  “Thunderstorm winds snapped 21 power poles near Woodville.”
• Lucas County, OH (near Oregon) · Hail 1.75″ · $50,000
  “Golf ball size hail was reported six miles east of Oregon. Several cars were damaged.”
• Wood County, OH (near Bowling Green) · Thunderstorm wind · $30,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and blew down a garage one mile west of Bowling Green.”
• Ottawa County, OH (near Elmore) · Thunderstorm wind · $30,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed 8 trees at a golf course. A building at the golf course was also damaged.”
• Lucas County, OH (near Toledo) · Thunderstorm wind · $25,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed several power poles.”

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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