Storm reports for April 20, 2017

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On April 20, 2017, 58 hail, 26 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Westmoreland County, PA.

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 (58)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $164,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (86 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Ripley County, MO (near Doniphan) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $35,000
  “Moderate damage occurred to three homes, mostly due to trees falling onto roofs. Another home received minor damage due to a power line weatherhead being pulled from the structure by a downed tree. Two vehicles were damaged by falling trees.”
• Decatur County, IN (near Millhousen) · Tornado EF1 · $35,000
  “An EF-1 tornado touched down around 7:35 PM EDT approximately 2 miles northeast of Millhousen in southern Decatur County.||The tornado as on the ground intermittently along its path and caused damage to a few farm outbuildings, destroying one of them. Also, numerous trees were uprooted or snapped.”
• Putnam County, IN (near Cloverdale) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $15,000
  “Three or four tree were blown down on Down Boy Way in Cloverdale. One of the trees is dead and fell into a mobile home, coming to rest halfway to the floor.”
• Sequoyah County, OK (near Roland) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $10,000
  “Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a building, and blew down trees.”
• Sebastian County, AR (near Barling) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $10,000
  “Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree onto a camper trailer. Several people were trapped inside the trailer.”
• Butler County, MO (near Neelyville) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $10,000
  “A semi-tractor trailer was overturned on U.S. Highway 67 about one mile north of the Arkansas-Missouri state line. The driver was not injured.”

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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