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Storm reports for April 9, 2011

NOAA recorded 328 hail reports, 98 wind reports and 28 tornado reports in 16 states on April 9, 2011.

in 16 states
454
Storm reports
About 27 miles from Kingsport, TN
4.25 in
Largest hail
About 30 miles from Louisville, KY
100 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, near 42.73, -94.86, IA
28
Tornado reports
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 9, 2011 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report.

What happened

An EF3 tornado hit Mapleton, Iowa, at about 6:20 p.m. CST on April 9, 2011.1 About 100 houses were destroyed and many more were badly damaged across 12 to 15 blocks on the southwest side of town. Most garages and detached buildings were destroyed.1 Twelve to 14 people had minor injuries.1 At about 7:23 p.m. CST, an EF3 tornado near Odebolt in Sac County damaged or destroyed numerous homes.2 Later that evening, a large wedge tornado tracked from Sac County into Pocahontas County. Storm Events rates it EF3 and lists $10 million in property damage in Pocahontas County.3 An EF4 satellite tornado on its west side near Varina completely destroyed a home.4

Softball-size hail, 4.25 inches across, fell in Rogersville, Tennessee, at about 3:48 p.m. EST.5 Hail 4 inches across was measured near Clover, South Carolina, and fell in Pulaski County, Kentucky.6,7 That evening, hail up to 3 inches across fell near Sumter, South Carolina, and baseball-size hail in Camden damaged several vehicles.8,9

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Mapleton, Monona County, IA
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Odebolt, Sac County, IA
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Fonda, Pocahontas County, IA
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Varina, Pocahontas County, IA
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Rogersville, Hawkins County, TN
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Clover, York County, SC
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Floyd, Pulaski County, KY
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Sumter, Sumter County, SC
  9. 9. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Camden, Kershaw County, SC

Reports by hour

Hail328, most at 7 PM

Wind98, most at 10 AM

Tornado28, most at 9 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:00 PMEF0About 48 miles from Lexington, KY0.25 mi long, 250 yd wide
1:05 PMEF0About 53 miles from Lexington, KY0.25 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:45 PMEF0About 29 miles from Kingsport, TN0.37 mi long, 40 yd wide
3:35 PMEF0About 20 miles from Kingsport, TN0.89 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:50 PMEF0About 28 miles from Hickory, NC0.53 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:00 PMEF1About 16 miles from Kingsport, TN3 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:08 PMEF1About 17 miles from Kingsport, TN0.61 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:15 PMEF0About 33 miles from Asheville, NC1.04 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:20 PMEF3Near 42.15, -95.83, IA3.38 mi long, 1200 yd wide
7:37 PMEF1Near 42.20, -95.65, IA0.69 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:20 PMEF2Near 42.32, -95.40, IA4.13 mi long, 440 yd wide
8:23 PMEF3Near 42.35, -95.29, IA10.14 mi long, 1760 yd wide
Show all 28 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
8:29 PMEF2Near 42.37, -95.24, IA8.34 mi long, 660 yd wide
8:38 PMEF0Near 42.39, -95.20, IA0.63 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:42 PMEF1Near 42.44, -95.45, IA4.21 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:08 PMEF3Near 42.52, -95.13, IA29.37 mi long, 2640 yd wide
9:14 PMEF0Near 42.58, -95.09, IA0.53 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:20 PMEF1Near 42.61, -95.54, IA5.17 mi long, 300 yd wide
9:24 PMEF2Near 42.56, -94.97, IA1.6 mi long, 220 yd wide
9:25 PMEF1Near 42.58, -94.94, IA1.08 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:50 PMEF0Near 42.65, -95.35, IA0.17 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:50 PMEF0Near 42.64, -95.34, IA0.17 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:54 PMEF4Near 42.73, -94.86, IA3.2 mi long, 587 yd wide
9:55 PMEF1Near 42.69, -94.81, IA1.64 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:55 PMEF1Near 42.69, -94.81, IA1.58 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:56 PMEF2Near 42.71, -94.81, IA0.9 mi long, 146 yd wide
10:08 PMEF1Near 42.73, -94.74, IA2.42 mi long, 250 yd wide
11:19 PMEF1Near 42.92, -94.28, IA0.79 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
South Carolina10391120
Kentucky8736492
Iowa7648820
North Carolina655771
Tennessee19964
Virginia181431
Indiana177100
Nebraska171700
Kansas151500
Michigan10820
Minnesota9900
South Dakota6510
West Virginia6600
Wisconsin3300
Illinois2200
Missouri1100

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Charlotte, NC2.0 in58 mph0
Asheville, NC1.75 inNone0
Greenville, SC1.75 inNone0
Knoxville, TN1.75 inNone0
Louisville, KY1.0 in60 mph0
Myrtle Beach, SC1.0 in60 mph0
Hickory, NC0.88 inNone0
Springfield, MO0.88 inNone0
Lexington, KYNone60 mph0
Sioux Falls, SDNone60 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.