Storm reports for April 16, 2016

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On April 16, 2016, 30 hail, 10 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 2 states. The largest hail reported was 2.25″ (hen egg size) in King 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 (30)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $254,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (46 events in 2 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Howard County, TX (near Sand Spgs) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $190,000
  “A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced wind damage near Elbow. Two telephone poles and three irrigation pivots were knocked down from strong winds. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.”
• Palo Pinto County, TX (near Graford) · Hail 1.75″ · $40,000
  “Trained spotters reported golf ball sized hail approximately 12 miles west of Graford on the west shore of Possum Kingdom Reservior.”
• Howard County, TX (near Big Spring) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $15,000
  “A thunderstorm moved across Howard County and produced wind damage in Big Spring. A travel trailer was blown over from thunderstorm wind gusts of 80 mph between 6:00 and 6:15 pm CDT. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.”
• Cottle County, TX (near Paducah) · Hail 1.75″ · $1,000
  “Hail up to the size of golf balls damaged a Texas Tech University mesonet site ten miles southwest of Paducah.”
• Dickens County, TX (near Spur) · Thunderstorm wind 72 mph · $1,000
  “Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet. This same wind gust collapsed an old outbuilding on the northwest side of Spur.”
• Irion County, TX (near Barnhart) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph
  “A security officer reported two power poles blown down and power outages on the Rocker B Ranch, near County Road 401 and Highway 163.”

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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