Storm reports for April 20, 2001

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On April 20, 2001, 144 hail, 123 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Nodaway County, MO.

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 (144)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $3.3 million in property damage, $3.3 million in crop damage and 4 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (283 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Carbon County, WY (near Rawlins) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $50,000 · 3 injuries
  “Strong thunderstorm wind gust rolled a mobile home 3 times in Echo Springs, resulting in 3 injuries.”
• Saline County, NE (near Friend) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $500,000
  “A line of fast moving thunderstorms bowed across southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa this day bringing thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 to 80 mph. This was the first report of damage in the Omaha/Valley NWS coverage area with this line.”
• Hardin County, IA (near Alden) · Tornado F1 · $500,000
  “Short touchdown within the town of Alden.”
• Fresno County, CA (near Fresno) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $350,000
  “Storm analysis and survey concluded that two straight line wind events occurred within a few minutes of each other in and around the California State University Campus in North Fresno. An initial gust from the southwest was followed closely by another from the west-northwest.”
• Chase County, NE (near Imperial) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $250,000
  “Thunderstorm wind blew down power lines and damaged trees.”
• Sarpy County, NE (near Papillion) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $250,000
  “Thunderstorm gusts estimated at 70 to 80 mph did major roof damage to several homes and businesses in Papillion.”

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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