Texas storm reports for April 2, 2012

Name: NOAA storm reports, Texas, April 2, 2012
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 31 hail reports, 25 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Texas on April 2, 2012.

in Texas; 57
Storm reports: Near 35.02, -100.20, TX; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 45 miles from Wichita Falls, TX; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 54 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 1
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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 2, 2012 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.

Reports by hour

Hail31, most at 8 PM

Wind25, most at 1 PM

Tornado1, most at 10 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
10:46 AM	EF1	About 54 miles from Lake Charles, LA	1.77 mi long, 30 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
12:38 PM	0.75 in	About 16 miles from Beaumont, TX
12:50 PM	0.88 in	About 25 miles from Longview, TX
1:26 PM	0.88 in	In Longview, TX
1:35 PM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Pasadena, TX
3:00 PM	0.75 in	Near 33.47, -94.29, TX
3:20 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Houston, TX
3:59 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Conroe, TX
5:15 PM	0.88 in	Near 31.61, -94.65, TX
8:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.34, -99.88, TX
8:37 PM	1.75 in	Near 35.02, -100.20, TX
8:42 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.23, -100.21, TX
8:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.56, -100.65, TX

Show all 31 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
8:48 PM	0.88 in	Near 35.19, -100.25, TX
8:49 PM	0.88 in	Near 35.22, -100.25, TX
8:50 PM	0.88 in	Near 36.20, -101.19, TX
8:53 PM	1.75 in	Near 35.02, -100.15, TX
8:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.30, -99.74, TX
9:12 PM	1.75 in	Near 35.82, -100.38, TX
9:15 PM	0.88 in	Near 34.20, -99.56, TX
9:15 PM	0.88 in	Near 34.26, -99.56, TX
9:20 PM	0.88 in	About 59 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
9:23 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.91, -100.38, TX
9:30 PM	0.75 in	Near 36.39, -100.80, TX
9:50 PM	1.0 in	About 47 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
10:02 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.63, -99.53, TX
12:56 AM	0.88 in	About 46 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
1:15 AM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
1:52 AM	0.88 in	About 31 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
2:01 AM	0.75 in	About 24 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
5:19 AM	0.88 in	About 35 miles from San Angelo, TX
5:45 AM	0.88 in	About 47 miles from San Angelo, TX

Time	Gust	Where
9:41 AM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Beaumont, TX
11:04 AM	58 mph	Near 31.00, -93.63, TX
11:25 AM	60 mph	Near 31.25, -93.97, TX
12:15 PM	60 mph	About 52 miles from Shreveport, LA
12:15 PM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Longview, TX
12:15 PM	61 mph	About 37 miles from Tyler, TX
12:45 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Longview, TX
12:45 PM	62 mph	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA
12:50 PM	61 mph	About 29 miles from Longview, TX
1:20 PM	60 mph	In Tyler, TX
1:26 PM	60 mph	About 3 miles from Longview, TX
1:26 PM	62 mph	In Longview, TX

Show all 25 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
1:35 PM	60 mph	About 9 miles from Longview, TX
1:37 PM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Longview, TX
1:40 PM	60 mph	About 15 miles from Tyler, TX
1:50 PM	59 mph	About 7 miles from Longview, TX
2:00 PM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Longview, TX
2:15 PM	61 mph	About 29 miles from Longview, TX
2:30 PM	62 mph	About 50 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:50 PM	62 mph	About 58 miles from Longview, TX
2:55 PM	60 mph	About 52 miles from Longview, TX
3:15 PM	62 mph	Near 33.44, -94.13, TX
3:20 PM	60 mph	Near 33.44, -94.13, TX
3:30 PM	62 mph	Near 33.61, -95.06, TX
9:52 PM	70 mph	About 45 miles from Wichita Falls, TX

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Conroe, TX	1.0 in	None
Houston, TX	1.0 in	None
Tomball, TX	1.0 in	None
Longview, TX	0.88 in	62 mph
Tyler, TX	None	60 mph

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