Storm reports for April 21, 2007

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On April 21, 2007, 151 hail, 12 damaging-wind and 28 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 3.00″ (teacup size) in Swisher 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 (151)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4.9 million in property damage, $290,000 in crop damage and 18 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (194 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Moore County, TX (near Dumas) · Tornado EF2 · $1.3 million · 14 injuries
  “This tornado formed ten miles west southwest of Dumas at 1816 CST and tracked northeast for about twenty miles before exiting Moore county one half of a mile north of Cactus at 1840 CST. The tornado continued in Sherman county for about another four miles...before dissipating at 1852 CST.”
• Swisher County, TX (near Tulia) · Tornado EF2 · $2 million · 3 injuries
  “A strong tornado delivered a crippling impact on the local economy of Tulia, Texas, when it devastated industrial and residential sections of the small community of 5,000 residents around 19:00 CST on the 21st. A two block wide swath of damage paralleled U.S.”
• Lamb County, TX (near Fieldton) · Tornado EF2 · $810,000 · 1 injury
  “A large and long-tracked tornado cut a path of damage twenty-nine miles in length and at times nearly three-quarters of a mile wide across portions of Lamb, Hale, Castro and Swisher Counties between 17:57 and 18:36 CST on the 21st.”
• Castro County, TX (near Hart) · Tornado EF2 · $200,000
  “A large and long-tracked tornado cut a path of damage twenty-nine miles in length and at times nearly three-quarters of a mile wide across portions of Lamb, Hale, Castro and Swisher Counties between 17:57 and 18:36 CST on the 21st.”
• Hale County, TX (near Halfway) · Tornado EF2 · $200,000
  “A large and long-tracked tornado cut a path of damage twenty-nine miles in length and at times nearly three-quarters of a mile wide across portions of Lamb, Hale, Castro and Swisher Counties between 17:57 and 18:36 CST on the 21st.”
• Carson County, TX (near Groom) · Tornado EF2 · $72,000
  “This tornado formed nine miles east northeast of Claude at 2035 CST and entered Carson county at 2037 CST one and a half miles southwest of Groom. The tornado tracked north and traveled about another ten miles before dissipating at 2110 CST ten miles east of Panhandle.”

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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