Storm reports for April 17, 2012

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On April 17, 2012, 15 hail, 3 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 5 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Talladega County, AL.

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 (15)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $20,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (18 events in 5 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Clay County, NC (near Hayesville) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $20,000
  “Newspaper personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm wind in Hayesville. A couple of the trees fell on houses.”
• Banks County, GA (near Alto) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “The public reported a measured 60 MPH wind gust two miles south of Baldwin.”
• Greenville County, SC (near Simpsonville) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Individual trees were blown down at Adams Mill Rd and highway 14, Spring Forest Dr and at Adams Mill Rd and Carrington Way. All of these locations are about 3 miles north of downtown Simpsonville.”
• McDowell County, NC (near Woodlawn) · Hail 2.00″
  “Two inch diameter hail was reported on highway 221 near Woodlawn.”
• McDowell County, NC (near Woodlawn) · Hail 1.75″
  “Hail up to golf ball size fell on Hidden Forest Dr.”
• Cherokee County, GA (near Buffington) · Hail 1.00″
  “Trained spotters reported penny to quarter sized hail east to east-northeast of the Canton area.”

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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