Storm reports for April 27, 2007

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On April 27, 2007, 20 hail, 4 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Vernon 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 (20)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $70,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (27 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Gloucester County, VA (near Signpine) · Tornado EF0 · $50,000
  “Damage began near Starvation Road and ended near Willis Road near Petsworth Elementary School. Multiple trees sheared off or blown over. Structural damage included one large tree on a house and roofs blown off horse stables.”
• Charles City County, VA (near Charles City) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000
  “Multiple trees blown down along Route 5.”
• Vernon County, MO (near Metz) · Tornado EF0 · $10,000
  “A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a small tornado intermittently touched down along a path from Metz to Walker. One barn was damaged along with numerous trees.”
• Franklin County, KS (near Ottawa) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “Damage reported in the southwestern corner of the city of Ottawa. A quarter of the roof of a steel building at the Consolidated Oil Well Service near the intersection of Eisenhower Road and I-35 was torn off.”
• Virginia Beach city, VA (near Oceana) · Thunderstorm wind 59 mph
  “Wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at Oceana Naval Air Station.”
• Vernon County, MO (near Metz) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed tree limbs near Metz.”

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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