Storm reports for April 13, 2014

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On April 13, 2014, 115 hail, 103 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Cowley County, KS.

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 (115)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.8 million in property damage and 3 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (224 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• DeKalb County, MO (near Osborn) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · 2 injuries
  “Damaged roof blew into an apartment complex, breaking the window and injuring 2 people. A power pole was reported down and there were power outages from broken tree limbs.”
• Houston County, TX (near Lovelady) · Tornado EF1 · $120,000 · 1 injury
  “A tornado touched down in Lovelady near a mobile home area then tracked for just under a mile before lifting near Lovelady High School. The worst damage occurred to mobile homes near the start of the track.”
• Camp County, TX (near Pittsburg) · Tornado EF0 · $500,000
  “NWS conducted a storm survey in Camp County and determined that a weak EF0 tornado touched down just north of Pittsburg, Texas. This storm damaged a few businesses along Hwy. 271. A number of billboard signs were damaged and a few businesses sustained roof damage and wall damage.”
• Franklin County, AR (near Vesta) · Tornado EF1 · $200,000
  “This tornado damaged the roofs of a number of homes, destroyed numerous barns and outbuildings, and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.”
• Logan County, AR (near Booneville) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $150,000
  “A metal roof was blown off a building housing the Arkansas Revenue Office and a medical clinic. Part of the brick facade of the building fell into the street. The bricks damaged some other businesses and vehicles.”
• Yell County, AR (near Marvinville) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $70,000
  “A shop building was badly damaged, a carport was destroyed, a mobile home and shed were blown off their foundations, two boats and their trailers were overturned, roofs were damaged, and trees, power lines, and a power pole were blown down just west of Havana.”

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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