National Storms

April 2023 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In April 2023, 2,019 hail, 1,409 damaging-wind and 138 tornado reports were logged on 28 storm days across 37 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Dickens County, TX on April 25, 2023. The most hail reports came on April 19, 2023 (403). Tornadoes killed 7. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on 30 days; the widest swath, on April 26, 2023, covered 6,084 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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2,019hail reports
1,409wind reports
138tornado reports
4.50″largest hail
28storm days
30days with 1″+ radar hail
Apr 1: 31Apr 2: 65Apr 3: 12Apr 4: 398Apr 5: 43Apr 6: 47Apr 7: 1Apr 8: 0Apr 9: 9Apr 10: 31Apr 11: 0Apr 12: 0Apr 13: 2Apr 14: 44Apr 15: 267Apr 16: 5Apr 17: 5Apr 18: 33Apr 19: 403Apr 20: 185Apr 21: 32Apr 22: 56Apr 23: 4Apr 24: 4Apr 25: 43Apr 26: 146Apr 27: 37Apr 28: 104Apr 29: 6Apr 30: 6Apr 1Apr 4Apr 7Apr 10Apr 13Apr 16Apr 19Apr 22Apr 25Apr 28max 403
Hail reports by day, April 2023

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

Major hail storms in April 2023

Biggest storm days of April 2023

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStatesRadar 1″+ areaRadar max
Apr 4, 202339877174.00″133,238 mi²3.09″
Apr 19, 202340327324.00″103,472 mi²3.19″
Apr 15, 2023267165144.00″194,844 mi²3.48″
Apr 1, 202331373111.75″1313 mi²1.56″
Apr 20, 20231854833.50″93,625 mi²5.48″
Apr 5, 202343140122.00″15426 mi²2.44″
Apr 26, 20231464124.50″76,084 mi²4.15″
Apr 28, 20231046433.00″64,000 mi²3.53″
Apr 22, 2023569183.00″111,266 mi²3.43″
Apr 27, 2023377792.00″11517 mi²3.60″

Largest hail reported in April 2023

DaySizeLocation
Apr 25, 20234.50″ (softball)Dickens County, TX
Apr 26, 20234.50″ (softball)McLennan County, TX
Apr 26, 20234.25″ (grapefruit)Comanche County, TX
Apr 26, 20234.25″ (grapefruit)McLennan County, TX
Apr 4, 20234.00″ (grapefruit)Scott County, IA
Apr 4, 20234.00″ (grapefruit)Fulton County, IL
Apr 15, 20234.00″ (grapefruit)Dade County, MO
Apr 19, 20234.00″ (grapefruit)Chase County, KS
Apr 19, 20234.00″ (grapefruit)Okfuskee County, OK
Apr 26, 20234.00″ (grapefruit)McLennan County, TX

Storm reports by state, April 2023

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Texas494146114.50″
Illinois252112204.00″
Oklahoma2051184.00″
Iowa2061154.00″
Missouri1694074.00″
Florida68120153.00″
Kansas11448104.00″
Pennsylvania1013521.00″
Ohio712021.00″
Arkansas943022.75″
New York310611.75″
North Carolina416061.75″
Georgia286362.50″
Nebraska671903.00″
Virginia314712.50″
Louisiana364012.75″
Maryland145131.75″
New Jersey253571.50″
Wisconsin60411.75″
Mississippi342622.00″
Alabama94532.00″
Kentucky33960.88″
Indiana12530.75″
South Carolina111601.00″
Tennessee91601.50″
Michigan10912.50″
West Virginia21701.00″
Delaware3911.00″
South Dakota4601.50″
Colorado054–
Utah5101.50″
Wyoming040–
Minnesota3001.00″
District of Columbia010–
Massachusetts010–
New Mexico010–
Rhode Island1001.00″

Every storm day in April 2023

Apr 1 Apr 2 Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 5 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 9 Apr 10 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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