Storm reports for April 30, 2007

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On April 30, 2007, 45 hail, 10 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 3.50″ (teacup size) in Webb 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 (45)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $147,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (58 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Duval County, TX (near Freer) · Hail 2.50″ · $50,000
  “Quarter size hail began around 515 PM LST. Golfball to tennis ball size hail was reported around 545 PM LST. Hail ended around or shortly after 600 PM LST CDT as supercell moved southwest of the city. Hail caused damage to some vehicles.||”
• Webb County, TX (near Oilton) · Hail 3.50″ · $25,000
  “Mostly golfball size hail was observed, but a few hailstones just under the size of grapefruits were observed and shown to the NWS storm survey team the following day. Windows were broken out of a few homes by the hail. There was also damage to some vehicles.”
• Runnels County, TX (near Ballinger Bruce Arpt) · Tornado EF0 · $25,000
  “This tornado started near highway 67 southwest of Ballinger and moved to the east southeast. The tornado lifted just to the southe of Bruce Field airport. Damage was limited to mainly tin roofs and trees. However a tractor trailer was overturned and two hangers at the airport were damaged as well.”
• Runnels County, TX (near Winters) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $12,000
  “Thunderstorm winds knocked over a tree onto a Veterinary clinic. Other damage was noted near Elm Lake as well.”
• Zapata County, TX (near Escobas) · Hail 1.75″ · $10,000
  “A trained SKYWARN weather spotter reported hail to the size of golf balls.”
• McMullen County, TX (near Tilden) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $5,000
  “Power poles snapped along F.M. 624 roughly 8 miles west of Hwy 16.”

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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