Storm reports for April 20, 2015

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On April 20, 2015, 110 hail, 67 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 11 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Greenville County, SC.

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 (110)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4.8 million in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (179 events in 11 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Fulton County, GA (near Roswell) · Hail 1.75″ · $4 million
  “The public reported golf ball size hail at Georgia Highway 400 and Holcomb Bridge Road.”
• Jackson County, GA (near Red Stone) · Hail 1.75″ · $646,000
  “The Jackson County Emergency Manager reported golf ball size hail on Storey Porter Road.”
• Pinellas County, FL (near Seminole) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $25,000
  “Pinellas County Emergency Management relayed a report of widespread damage along 78th Avenue near Pinellas Park. Numerous trees were down along the street. A few homes sustained roof damage including a tree falling through a roof of one home. One home also had a porch collapse.”
• Anderson County, SC (near Townville) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $10,000
  “NWS Storm Survey found intermittent wind damage, primarily confined to snapped limbs, small-to-medium sized uprooted trees, and a few large trees uprooted, was observed between Lake Hartwell and Highway 187, about 1 mile north of I-85.”
• Fulton County, GA (near Roswell) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $10,000
  “The Fulton County Emergency Manager relayed numerous reports of trees down from north Sandy Springs to Roswell, Alpharetta and Johns Creek. This included a tree on a house on Softpine Trail, a tree blocking the roadway at Spaulding Drive and Ball Creek Way and a tree on a house in Roswell.”
• Leon County, FL (near Tallahassee Mall) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000
  “A downed tree and power line were reported off Sunset Lane. A picture showed that the tree fell onto the back of a car.”

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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