Storm reports for April 13, 2022

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On April 13, 2022, 26 hail, 333 damaging-wind and 40 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Hardin County, KY. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 28 square miles containing about 3,000 homes.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Colored areas are NOAA MRMS radar estimates of the largest hail (MESH) over the day, lower 48 states only; radar overestimates and underestimates size, so read it with the ground reports.

Storm reports by state

Cities with the largest radar-estimated hail

Counties by homes inside 1″+ radar-estimated hail

Homes are 2020 Census housing units and people are 2020 Census residents, counted by block group where its center of population lies under radar-estimated hail of 1 inch or larger.

Hail reports (26)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4.7 million in property damage, $9,000 in crop damage and 3 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (418 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Alcorn County, MS (near Corinth) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $50,000 · 2 injuries
  “Numerous trees down across Corinth. Several businesses suffered roof damage and at least one gas station awning was destroyed. At least one home was crushed by a fallen tree.”
• Adair County, OK (near Stilwell) · Tornado EF1 · $300,000 · 1 injury
  “This tornado developed south of the E 820 Road and west of the S 4700 Road, where large tree limbs were snapped and homes were damaged. It moved east-northeast across the cemetery snapping softwood trees.”
• Clarke County, MS (near Enterprise) · Tornado EF2 · $400,000
  “A tornado started in Jasper County just east of Mississippi Highway 15 near County Road 1561 where it caused mainly tree damage. The tornado moved east along County Road 2414, uprooted a swath of pine trees, uprooted several hardwoods, and snapped numerous large pine tree limbs.”
• Lauderdale County, MS (near Okatibbee) · Tornado EF2 · $300,000
  “A tornado started in Jasper County just east of Mississippi Highway 15 near County Road 1561 where it caused mainly tree damage. The tornado moved east along County Road 2414, uprooted a swath of pine trees, uprooted several hardwoods, and snapped numerous large pine tree limbs.”
• Noxubee County, MS (near Deerbrook) · Tornado EF1 · $300,000
  “A tornado touched down along Mickens Clay Road in the Deerbrook community of Noxubee County where it initially blew down some tree branches. The tornado continued northeast across Mississippi Highway 388 just west of Deerbrook Road and snapped and uprooted a few trees as it crossed the highway.”
• Dunklin County, MO (near Hornersville Mem Arp) · Tornado EF0 · $260,000
  “This tornado began just south of County Road West County Road 70 in the Garson area causing damage to hardwood trees. As the tornado moved northeast across agricultural land, several center pivot irrigation systems were rolled.”

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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