Storm reports for April 24, 2012

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On April 24, 2012, 9 hail, 20 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Clearwater County, ID.

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 (9)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $119,000 in property damage and 2 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (29 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Keith County, NE (near Roscoe) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $80,000 · 1 injury
  “Strong downburst winds caused a semi-truck to be blown off Interstate 80 and overturned at the Roscoe interchange near mile-marker 134 and produced one injury.”
• Keith County, NE (near Roscoe) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $5,000 · 1 injury
  “Downburst winds blew a car off the road along Interstate Highway 80 at mile-marker 137 with one injury.”
• Lamb County, TX (near Spade) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $4,000
  “A meteorologist reported one power pole snapped and two others bent about five miles south of Spade.”
• Fremont County, WY (near Crowheart) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph
  “A weak high-based thunderstorm moved off the Wind River Range and collapsed, producing a severe wind gust at an automated station in Crowheart.”
• Sweetwater County, WY (near Bitter Creek) · Thunderstorm wind 68 mph
  “A high-based thunderstorm moved along Interstate 80 producing a severe wind gust at a sensor near Bitter Creek.”
• Park County, WY (near Crandall) · Thunderstorm wind 68 mph
  “A weak high-based thunderstorm moved over the northern Absaroka Mountains. This storm produced a severe wind gust at the Crandall RAWS site.”

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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