Storm reports for April 24, 2015

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On April 24, 2015, 93 hail, 133 damaging-wind and 27 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Coke 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 (93)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $7.3 million in property damage and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (256 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Austin County, TX (near San Felipe) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $2,000 · 1 death
  “Severe thunderstorm winds toppled a large tree limb down onto a tent at Stephen F. Austin Park crushing a camper.”
• Bexar County, TX (near (Skf)Kelly Afb San A) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $5 million
  “San Antonio Office of Emergency Management reported numerous trees damaged in the Trophy Ridge subdivision. Some minor roof damage also reported. USAA insurance company reported 1000 property and 1000 auto claims in Bexar County during this night due. Damage brought on by strong winds and hail.”
• Leake County, MS (near Gill) · Tornado EF1 · $200,000
  “This tornado started just west of Highway 35, snapping several trees in a residential area where it also caused shingle damage to a couple of homes and flipped a trampoline. After crossing Highway 35, it intensified a bit and began causing more extensive tree damage and damaged another roof.”
• Neshoba County, MS (near Mc Donald) · Tornado EF1 · $150,000
  “This tornado began near the intersection of County Road 248 and County Road 347 and tracked east-northeast through the Beatline community crossing Highway 19 at Bethsaida and ended along County Road 450. The roof of a chicken house was damaged and a shed was destroyed.”
• Lincoln County, KS (near Sylvan Grove) · Tornado EF1 · $150,000
  “The roof was peeled off of the high school gymnasium (DI16 DOD5) and the press box at the football stadium was completely demolished. The tornado was 40 yards wide.”
• Hidalgo County, TX (near San Carlos) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $125,000
  “The strong damaging winds damaged and destroyed many properties. A barn, made of aluminum and tin and built in the 1930s, was completely destroyed. A number of poorly constructed mobile homes, that were not tied down, and had no or poorly anchored roofs were destroyed and rendered uninhabitable.”

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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