Storm reports for April 6, 2008

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On April 6, 2008, 3 hail, 8 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 1 state. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Brevard County, FL.

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 (3)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded 11 hail, wind or tornado events across the US on this storm day, with no damage estimate, injury or death entered. Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Miami-Dade County, FL (near Richmond Hgts) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph
  “A thunderstorm produced a wind gust of 64 MPH at the Miami-Dade College Kendall campus.”
• Hendry County, FL (near Harlem) · Thunderstorm wind 62 mph
  “A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved across Glades, Hendry, and Collier counties and also across Lake Okeechobee producing a high wind gust at Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area.”
• Osceola County, FL (near Yeehaw Jct) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “An estimated wind gust to 69 mph was reported from a truck center on US Highway near Yeehaw Junction.”
• Miami-Dade County, FL (near South Miami) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “The public reported a wind gust to around 58 MPH with the passing severe thunderstorm.”
• Broward County, FL (near Andytown) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “A severe thunderstorm developed over the Everglades and moved northeast across highway 27. A motorist reported wind gusts of around 60 MPH along with pea sized hail and a funnel cloud.”
• Osceola County, FL (near Nittaw) · Hail 0.75″
  “Nickel size hail was reported on the Florida Turnpike and Highway 441 south of Holopaw.”

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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