Storm reports for April 23, 2007

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On April 23, 2007, 102 hail, 22 damaging-wind and 25 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Nolan 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 (102)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $705,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (149 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Rawlins County, KS (near Atwood) · Tornado EF1 · $305,000
  “Tornado developed near Roads C, 19 and dissipated near Roads M, 22 in Rawlins county. This was a high end EF1 tornado producing significant damage to a home, removing the roof and destroying many outbuildings, grain bins and trees near Roads C, 19.”
• Val Verde County, TX (near Del Rio) · Tornado EF0 · $100,000
  “A deputy from the Sheriff's Department watched as a rope-shaped tornado lifted up and dropped down as it skipped along a path approximately one mile long just east of the city of Del Rio at the Val Verde Park Estates. The tornado caused minor damage to ten homes and mobile homes.”
• Holmes County, OH (near Nashville) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $50,000
  “A thunderstorm downburst caused damage at a farm northeast of Nashville along State Route 514. A barn on the property lost it's roof and several trees were downed.”
• Thomas County, KS (near Brewster) · Tornado EF0 · $48,000
  “Tornado affected one homestead at Roads L and 5, destroying an empty, poorly anchored grain bin. Several trees were uprooted, and minor home damage occurred.”
• Rawlins County, KS (near Atwood) · Tornado EF1 · $26,000
  “Tornado developed near Roads K, 27 and dissipated near Roads P, 28. Power poles were broken, with one residence receiving outbuilding and window damage.”
• Dundy County, NE (near Benkelman) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $20,000
  “Strong straight-line winds peeled back much of the shingles and tarpaper on the second story roof of a home in Benkelman. Elsewhere in town, an 18-wheeler trailer was blown over on its side.”

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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