National Storms

April 2020 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In April 2020, 1,540 hail, 2,695 damaging-wind and 269 tornado reports were logged on 28 storm days across 43 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) in Lee County, IA on April 8, 2020. The most hail reports came on April 7, 2020 (291). Tornadoes killed 38. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on 28 days; the widest swath, on April 28, 2020, covered 5,459 square miles.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports; NOAA MRMS radar hail estimates (MESH) via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

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1,540hail reports
2,695wind reports
269tornado reports
4.00″largest hail
28storm days
28days with 1″+ radar hail
Apr 1: 0Apr 2: 2Apr 3: 7Apr 4: 0Apr 5: 0Apr 6: 25Apr 7: 291Apr 8: 287Apr 9: 16Apr 10: 12Apr 11: 122Apr 12: 55Apr 13: 3Apr 14: 0Apr 15: 0Apr 16: 1Apr 17: 0Apr 18: 40Apr 19: 68Apr 20: 22Apr 21: 81Apr 22: 92Apr 23: 15Apr 24: 131Apr 25: 41Apr 26: 8Apr 27: 42Apr 28: 175Apr 29: 3Apr 30: 1Apr 1Apr 4Apr 7Apr 10Apr 13Apr 16Apr 19Apr 22Apr 25Apr 28max 291
Hail reports by day, April 2020

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Biggest storm days of April 2020

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStatesRadar 1″+ areaRadar max
Apr 12, 2020556921122.00″16541 mi²3.09″
Apr 8, 2020287469254.00″153,104 mi²5.08″
Apr 7, 202029121973.00″142,873 mi²5.94″
Apr 28, 202017522363.75″105,459 mi²5.23″
Apr 19, 202068167222.00″101,365 mi²2.58″
Apr 22, 20209290332.75″83,139 mi²3.41″
Apr 13, 20203170241.00″115 mi²1.17″
Apr 24, 20201315154.00″82,979 mi²4.83″
Apr 9, 20201616502.00″111,481 mi²3.93″
Apr 23, 202015137172.00″7265 mi²5.66″

Largest hail reported in April 2020

DaySizeLocation
Apr 8, 20204.00″ (grapefruit)Lee County, IA
Apr 11, 20204.00″ (grapefruit)Val Verde County, TX
Apr 11, 20204.00″ (grapefruit)Val Verde County, TX
Apr 11, 20204.00″ (grapefruit)Kinney County, TX
Apr 24, 20204.00″ (grapefruit)Bossier Parish, LA
Apr 28, 20203.75″ (teacup)Grady County, OK
Apr 18, 20203.50″ (teacup)Walker County, TX
Apr 3, 20203.00″ (teacup)McMullen County, TX
Apr 7, 20203.00″ (teacup)Green County, WI
Apr 7, 20203.00″ (teacup)Stephenson County, IL

Storm reports by state, April 2020

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Texas336190144.00″
Georgia24303381.75″
Alabama21246422.00″
Oklahoma24742153.75″
Louisiana82117284.00″
North Carolina25181162.00″
Ohio91116122.50″
Mississippi33157282.75″
Arkansas6413932.75″
Florida7155171.25″
Pennsylvania715221.25″
South Carolina17113292.00″
Illinois856513.00″
Virginia3810501.50″
Kentucky318271.75″
Indiana258091.50″
West Virginia496301.75″
New Jersey98811.00″
Iowa85004.00″
Missouri483512.25″
Tennessee224941.75″
Kansas641002.75″
Maryland36921.00″
Wisconsin442403.00″
Michigan50402.00″
Idaho13001.75″
New York22401.00″
Delaware12200.75″
South Dakota8801.75″
Minnesota12101.25″
Wyoming0120–
Massachusetts030–
Montana030–
Nebraska3002.00″
Utah030–
California2000.75″
North Dakota2001.00″
Connecticut010–
District of Columbia010–
New Mexico010–
Nevada1001.00″
Oregon1001.00″
Rhode Island010–

Every storm day in April 2020

Apr 2 Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10 Apr 11 Apr 12 Apr 13 Apr 14 Apr 15 Apr 16 Apr 17 Apr 18 Apr 19 Apr 20 Apr 21 Apr 22 Apr 23 Apr 24 Apr 25 Apr 26 Apr 27 Apr 28 Apr 29 Apr 30

A storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Read more about NOAA storm reports.

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