Storm reports for April 16, 2012

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On April 16, 2012, 3 hail, 4 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 1 state. The largest hail reported was 1.50″ (ping pong ball size) in Nueces 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 (3)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $75,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (9 events in 1 state). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Nueces County, TX (near Bob Hall Pier) · Hail 1.50″ · $25,000
  “Ping pong ball sized hail fell on the beach at the Holiday Inn on North Padre Island.”
• Nueces County, TX (near Bob Hall Pier) · Hail 1.25″ · $25,000
  “Hail broke flood lights at the Island Italian Restaurant on North Padre Island.”
• Potter County, TX (near Amarillo) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $15,000
  “The public reported thunderstorm wind damage at 25th Avenue and Arthur Street where a carport was damaged. There was also a fence with metal poles and wooden pickets that was blown over and a telephone pole was leaning in the backyard of another residence.”
• Randall County, TX (near Amarillo) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $10,000
  “The public reported thunderstorm wind damage at 26th Avenue and Buchanan Street where a metal roof was blown off of a metal workshop and came to rest on 26th Avenue. Also, there was a report of two inch diameter tree limbs blown down. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.”
• Cameron County, TX (near Port Isabel) · Thunderstorm wind 85 mph
  “As the storm raced east onto South Padre Island, a downburst developed which produced winds up to 57 mph at the Port Isabel Coast Guard Station (along Laguna Vista Bay) and a 1/2 mile swath of estimated 70 to 75 mph winds across the central portion of the resort area of South Padre Island, all…”
• San Patricio County, TX (near Gregory) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “Wind gusts to 60 mph along with pea size hail was reported.”

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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