National Storms

April 2024 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In April 2024, 1,264 hail, 1,472 damaging-wind and 356 tornado reports were logged on 29 storm days across 42 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Wise County, TX on April 1, 2024. The most hail reports came on April 27, 2024 (160). Tornadoes killed 7. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on 28 days; the widest swath, on April 27, 2024, covered 6,469 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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1,264hail reports
1,472wind reports
356tornado reports
4.50″largest hail
29storm days
28days with 1″+ radar hail
Apr 1: 125Apr 2: 35Apr 3: 5Apr 4: 0Apr 5: 1Apr 6: 1Apr 7: 19Apr 8: 88Apr 9: 93Apr 10: 11Apr 11: 2Apr 12: 2Apr 13: 1Apr 14: 90Apr 15: 69Apr 16: 58Apr 17: 58Apr 18: 51Apr 19: 4Apr 20: 53Apr 21: 0Apr 22: 2Apr 23: 6Apr 24: 0Apr 25: 73Apr 26: 76Apr 27: 160Apr 28: 19Apr 29: 7Apr 30: 155Apr 1Apr 4Apr 7Apr 10Apr 13Apr 16Apr 19Apr 22Apr 25Apr 28max 160
Hail reports by day, April 2024

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

Biggest storm days of April 2024

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStatesRadar 1″+ areaRadar max
Apr 2, 202435253521.80″151,359 mi²3.23″
Apr 1, 2024125153324.50″102,654 mi²3.50″
Apr 27, 202416077643.00″106,469 mi²2.95″
Apr 30, 202415548144.40″104,787 mi²5.91″
Apr 9, 20249385124.25″53,735 mi²3.58″
Apr 26, 20247638713.00″112,178 mi²2.48″
Apr 17, 20245811452.75″7612 mi²2.11″
Apr 18, 20245175142.25″111,434 mi²2.92″
Apr 15, 2024696252.50″121,051 mi²2.71″
Apr 16, 20245848261.75″12210 mi²2.77″

Largest hail reported in April 2024

DaySizeLocation
Apr 1, 20244.50″ (softball)Wise County, TX
Apr 20, 20244.50″ (softball)Robeson County, NC
Apr 30, 20244.40″ (grapefruit)Blaine County, OK
Apr 9, 20244.25″ (grapefruit)Burnet County, TX
Apr 9, 20244.00″ (grapefruit)Burnet County, TX
Apr 9, 20244.00″ (grapefruit)Burnet County, TX
Apr 30, 20243.73″ (teacup)Blaine County, OK
Apr 1, 20243.50″ (teacup)Polk County, MO
Apr 30, 20243.50″ (teacup)Washita County, OK
Apr 1, 20243.40″ (teacup)Denton County, TX

Storm reports by state, April 2024

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Texas327134244.50″
Kansas14771373.00″
Oklahoma11967554.40″
Missouri79118283.50″
Iowa9141473.00″
Pennsylvania985602.00″
West Virginia18116101.75″
Nebraska4667242.75″
Kentucky8106201.25″
Louisiana883201.50″
Ohio4749151.75″
Illinois3054232.00″
North Carolina227924.50″
Virginia287121.75″
Indiana1355111.80″
Mississippi2536121.75″
Florida0664–
Tennessee431711.75″
Arkansas104552.75″
South Carolina173902.75″
South Dakota211902.50″
Alabama92071.75″
Michigan221102.00″
Georgia0223–
Wisconsin13301.25″
Colorado9032.00″
Idaho3801.00″
Maryland3301.00″
California1300.75″
Montana040–
Nevada030–
Wyoming2011.75″
Arizona020–
New Jersey2001.00″
New York1101.00″
Alaska001–
District of Columbia1001.00″
Delaware010–
Hawaii010–
Minnesota010–
Oregon1000.75″
Washington001–

Every storm day in April 2024

Apr 1 Apr 2 Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 5 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 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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