Storm reports for April 15, 2003

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On April 15, 2003, 117 hail, 108 damaging-wind and 12 tornado reports were logged across 11 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Shawano County, WI.

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 (117)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.1 million in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (239 events in 11 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Beckham County, OK (near Mayfield) · Tornado F1 · $1 million · 1 injury
  “A tornado moved from 2 miles SSW to 0.5 miles SSE of Sweetwater causing major damage to portions of the Sweetwater school. A man received minor injuries when the trailer he was in rolled before coming to rest next to a fence.”
• Childress County, TX (near Kirkland) · Tornado F1 · $150,000
  “A Childress County Sheriff's Deputy reported a tornado. The tornado tore the roof off of a home, destroyed two vacant mobile homes, destroyed several barns, snapped trees, and downed about a dozen power poles.”
• Deaf Smith County, TX (near Hereford) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $125,000
  “The roof off of an apartment building was blown off and damage was reported to vehicles in the parking lot.”
• Oklahoma County, OK (near Choctaw) · Tornado F1 · $125,000
  “The main damage was to a church on the NW corner of SE 15th Street and Henney Road where part of the west wall was damaged. The tornado also caused roof damage to homes near the intersections of SE 10th Street and Choctaw Road, and Falcon Way and Choctaw Road. A few sheds were also damaged.”
• Hardeman County, TX (near Williams) · Tornado F2 · $75,000
  “This tornado began in Hardeman County, Texas producing F2 damage before moving northeast and crossing the Red River at 1829 CST into extreme western Jackson County, Oklahoma then moving into Harmon County, Oklahoma where it dissipated.”
• Collingsworth County, TX (near Wellington) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $60,000
  “Large trees down and damage to a structure was reported.”

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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