Storm reports for April 19, 2011

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On April 19, 2011, 451 hail, 520 damaging-wind and 80 tornado reports were logged across 18 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Pike 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 (451)

Showing the 300 largest of 451.

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $44.3 million in property damage, $15,000 in crop damage and 13 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (1,060 events in 18 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Gibson County, TN (near Frog Jump) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $3.6 million · 2 injuries
  “Straight line winds caused widespread damage across Gibson County. Sixteen homes, fourteen mobile homes and one public building were destroyed. Sixteen homes, one public building and three businesses suffered major damage. Forty-five homes and seven businesses suffered minor damage.”
• Perry County, IL (near Pyatts) · Thunderstorm wind 87 mph · $1 million · 2 injuries
  “Extensive damage occurred in the DuQuoin area. Two concentrated areas of damage were observed. The first area extended northeastward into the southwest portion of DuQuoin. Another concentrated area was southeast of DuQuoin.”
• Perry County, MO (near Brewer) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $1 million · 2 injuries
  “In Perryville, widespread damage occurred to trees and some buildings. An apartment building formerly used as a nursing home was heavily damaged or destroyed. The roof was blown off, and one of the walls collapsed. One person was injured when a portion of the roof collapsed on him.”
• Wayne County, IL (near Fairfield) · Tornado EF2 · $400,000 · 2 injuries
  “One house was destroyed, with part of the roof removed and separation of some walls. A machine shed and several grain bins were destroyed. About a dozen power poles were snapped. Dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. A tank was blown about 150 yards. An outbuilding was blown across Route 15.”
• Macoupin County, IL (near Girard) · Tornado EF3 · 2 injuries
  “The path of this tornado was a very curved one as it initially tornado touched down about 2.5 miles west of Girard, Illinois, on Emerson Airline Road. It caused extensive damage to a couple of houses in this location.”
• Posey County, IN (near Griffin) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $750,000 · 1 injury
  “A machine shed was unroofed at exit 12 along Interstate 64. A tractor-trailer rig was blown off Interstate 64. The driver was slightly injured. At least a half dozen grain bins were destroyed, and at least a half dozen house roofs sustained moderate to major damage.”

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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