Put Cloudbreak on your portfolio.

Leave your email and we’ll reach out within one business day.

Prefer to talk? Call 940-391-3558.

Storm reports for April 25, 2011

NOAA recorded 162 hail reports, 237 wind reports and 50 tornado reports in 20 states on April 25, 2011.

in 20 states
449
Storm reports
About 13 miles from Denton, TX
2.5 in
Largest hail
About 55 miles from Clarksville, TN
101 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 40 miles from Little Rock, AR
50
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

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

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 25, 2011 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

What happened

On the evening of April 25, 2011, tornadoes hit several parts of central Arkansas.1 An EF2 tornado crossed 23 miles of Faulkner County. It destroyed numerous mobile homes and killed 4 people at a mobile home park, then damaged homes across much of Vilonia and businesses along U.S. Highway 64.1 The Red Cross counted about 34 houses and 62 mobile homes destroyed there. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists 15 injuries and $52 million in property damage in Faulkner County.1 Another EF2 tornado, starting at 6:46 p.m. CST, crossed Little Rock Air Force Base in Pulaski County. It tore roofs off buildings, damaged or destroyed more than 135 houses in base housing and injured 4 people. The database lists $125 million in property damage for it.2 Earlier, an EF3 tornado in Garland County destroyed about 25 houses and 21 mobile homes, killed 1 person and injured 20.3

Late that evening, a Kentucky mesonet site measured a 101 mph thunderstorm gust in Calloway County. In and around Murray, the wind damaged a number of buildings, destroyed an industrial warehouse and blew trees onto houses.4 Just after midnight CST, an EF3 tornado struck the Fort Campbell Army Airfield in Christian County, Kentucky. It destroyed one structure and blew in large doors rated for 115 to 144 mph winds on several heavy buildings.5 In north and east Texas, hail reached tennis ball size, 2.5 inches, near Stony in Denton County and at Fairfield in Freestone County.6,7

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 289612, tornado, Faulkner County, Arkansas
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 289604, tornado, Pulaski County, Arkansas
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 289592, tornado, Garland County, Arkansas
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 290475, thunderstorm wind, Calloway County, Kentucky
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 290471, tornado, Christian County, Kentucky
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 297048, hail, Denton County, Texas
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 297371, hail, Freestone County, Texas

Reports by hour

Hail162, most at 4 PM

Wind237, most at 1 AM

Tornado50, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
9:05 AMEF0Near 33.63, -93.80, AR7.58 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:55 PMEF0About 49 miles from Fort Worth, TX2.51 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:00 PMEF0About 47 miles from Fort Worth, TX0.42 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:02 PMEF0Near 33.97, -94.79, OK9.18 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:55 PMEF1Near 34.50, -93.99, AR5.82 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:00 PMEF0About 42 miles from Fort Worth, TX0.78 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:10 PMEF0About 36 miles from Fort Worth, TX2.57 mi long, 400 yd wide
3:15 PMEF0About 36 miles from Fort Worth, TX0.93 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:32 PMEF1About 17 miles from Tyler, TX8.58 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:23 PMEF0About 38 miles from Grand Prairie, TX0.71 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:23 PMEF1About 14 miles from Clarksville, TN1.5 mi long, 275 yd wide
4:24 PMEF1About 42 miles from Little Rock, AR9.26 mi long, 300 yd wide
Show all 50 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
4:35 PMEF1Near 34.29, -93.51, AR11.6 mi long, 800 yd wide
4:56 PMEF2About 58 miles from Little Rock, AR5.87 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:00 PMEF1Near 34.24, -93.70, AR4.25 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:02 PMEF2About 56 miles from Little Rock, AR14.44 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:18 PMEF0Near 34.05, -94.58, OK2.51 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:20 PMEF0About 35 miles from Grand Prairie, TX0.46 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:37 PMEF0Near 33.90, -94.41, AR7.37 mi long, 70 yd wide
5:47 PMEF1Near 37.13, -90.53, MO11.78 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:58 PMEF1Near 37.21, -90.37, MO5.88 mi long, 500 yd wide
6:07 PMEF3About 40 miles from Little Rock, AR16.78 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:21 PMEF1About 31 miles from Little Rock, AR5.95 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:29 PMEF1Near 33.97, -93.55, AR4.15 mi long, 250 yd wide
6:30 PMEF1Near 37.49, -89.96, MO2.77 mi long, 70 yd wide
6:48 PMEF1About 22 miles from Little Rock, AR1.64 mi long, 400 yd wide
6:48 PMEF2About 15 miles from Little Rock, AR51.32 mi long, 2900 yd wide
6:53 PMEF0About 36 miles from Waco, TX1.32 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:59 PMEF0About 44 miles from Waco, TX0.82 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:06 PMEF1About 34 miles from Little Rock, AR1.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:25 PMEF0About 56 miles from Waco, TX3.48 mi long, 500 yd wide
7:35 PMEF0About 59 miles from Tyler, TX0.95 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:46 PMEF2About 15 miles from Little Rock, AR5.17 mi long, 350 yd wide
7:53 PMEF1About 22 miles from Little Rock, AR21.94 mi long, 800 yd wide
8:15 PMEF1About 38 miles from Little Rock, AR6.22 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:24 PMEF1About 33 miles from Little Rock, AR8.87 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:15 PMEF1Near 31.30, -95.50, TX0.2 mi long, 30 yd wide
9:37 PMEF1Near 31.46, -95.03, TX7.72 mi long, 250 yd wide
9:45 PMEF1Near 31.23, -95.07, TX0.64 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:13 PMEF0Near 31.39, -94.80, TX0.67 mi long, 25 yd wide
11:45 PMEF1Near 36.40, -88.80, TN15.39 mi long, 225 yd wide
11:47 PMEF0Near 35.71, -88.51, TN16.98 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:30 AMEF0About 42 miles from Conroe, TX0.1 mi long, 20 yd wide
12:30 AMEF0About 55 miles from Clarksville, TN0.76 mi long, 175 yd wide
12:37 AMEF1About 56 miles from Clarksville, TN3.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:40 AMEF1About 55 miles from Clarksville, TN15.44 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:05 AMEF3About 11 miles from Clarksville, TN2.57 mi long, 300 yd wide
2:02 AMEF2About 15 miles from Evansville, IN4.53 mi long, 300 yd wide
2:09 AMEF1About 23 miles from Evansville, IN0.54 mi long, 225 yd wide
6:41 AMEF1Near 31.63, -89.53, MS0.31 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas126684117
Arkansas75144318
Kentucky504415
Tennessee444382
Oklahoma322642
Louisiana201190
Pennsylvania201280
Georgia181350
West Virginia142120
Mississippi11461
Ohio8530
Virginia8440
Indiana6042
Missouri6033
Kansas4400
Idaho2020
Utah2020
Alabama1010
Illinois1010
South Carolina1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Denton, TX2.5 in60 mph0
Little Rock, AR1.75 in66 mph1
Waco, TX1.75 inNone0
Allen, TX1.0 in58 mph0
Atlanta, GA1.0 inNone0
Dallas, TX1.0 inNone0
Garland, TX1.0 inNone0
Kingsport, TN1.0 in60 mph0
McKinney, TX1.0 in58 mph0
Mesquite, TX1.0 inNone0
Plano, TX1.0 inNone0
Richardson, TX1.0 inNone0
Clarksville, TN0.88 in81 mph2
Memphis, TN0.88 in60 mph0
Binghamton, NY0.75 inNone0
Baton Rouge, LANone64 mph0
Boise, IDNone60 mph0
Columbus, GANone64 mph0
Evansville, INNone71 mph0
Huntington, WVNone58 mph0
Knoxville, TNNone69 mph0
Lake Charles, LANone60 mph0
Lexington, KYNone62 mph0
Nashville, TNNone63 mph0
Ogden, UTNone72 mph0

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