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Storm reports for April 3, 2012

NOAA recorded 172 hail reports, 85 wind reports and 21 tornado reports in 13 states on April 3, 2012.

in 13 states
278
Storm reports
About 7 miles from Mesquite, TX
3.5 in
Largest hail
About 32 miles from Garland, TX
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 7 miles from Mesquite, TX
21
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 3, 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.

What happened

The NWS Fort Worth office confirmed 17 tornadoes across North and Central Texas on April 3, 2012. No one was killed, and 30 people were injured.1 An EF3 tornado with winds estimated at 150 mph crossed Forney in Kaufman County in mid-afternoon. It destroyed 14 homes and caused major damage to 28 more, many in the Diamond Creek subdivision.2 A second EF3 in eastern Rockwall County destroyed 8 homes and caused major damage to 17.3 Earlier that afternoon, an EF2 tornado crossed Lancaster, destroying 64 homes in the city and causing major damage to 51 more.4 Another EF2 moved from Kennedale into Arlington, destroying 18 homes and damaging nearly 300 more.5 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $400 million in property damage for the Lancaster tornado in Dallas County, $200 million for the Arlington tornado and $100 million for the Forney tornado.4,5,2

Golf ball to baseball size hail damaged about 110 aircraft at DFW International Airport.6 In north Forney, hail up to 3.5 inches across punched through half-inch plywood roof decks on homes.7

Reports by hour

Hail172, most at 2 PM

Wind85, most at 2 PM

Tornado21, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
12:41 PMEF1About 23 miles from Arlington, TX1.16 mi long, 60 yd wide
1:00 PMEF2About 16 miles from Grand Prairie, TX13.7 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:08 PMEF0About 15 miles from Arlington, TX0.27 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:21 PMEF2About 7 miles from Arlington, TX6.4 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:54 PMEF0About 5 miles from Dallas, TX0.09 mi long, 25 yd wide
1:58 PMEF0About 6 miles from Arlington, TX0.47 mi long, 60 yd wide
2:08 PMEF0In Irving, TX1.31 mi long, 30 yd wide
2:23 PMEF0About 6 miles from Carrollton, TX2.02 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:40 PMEF0About 4 miles from Denton, TX0.21 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:20 PMEF0About 45 miles from McKinney, TX0.3 mi long, 25 yd wide
3:22 PMEF0About 3 miles from Mesquite, TX0.28 mi long, 30 yd wide
3:24 PMEF0About 54 miles from Garland, TX0.12 mi long, 25 yd wide
Show all 21 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
3:33 PMEF3About 7 miles from Mesquite, TX7.73 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:54 PMEF0Near 33.18, -95.59, TX0.58 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:56 PMEF3About 17 miles from Mesquite, TX3.34 mi long, 400 yd wide
4:27 PMEF0About 30 miles from Garland, TX0.57 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:39 PMEF0Near 33.35, -95.21, TX0.84 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:41 PMEF0Near 33.47, -95.06, TX1.41 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:44 PMEF0Near 33.41, -94.70, TX2.24 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:36 PMEF0About 48 miles from Tyler, TX0.54 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:08 PMEF0About 36 miles from Shreveport, LA3.08 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas136981820
Louisiana302271
Arkansas228140
Georgia211290
Florida162140
Mississippi13580
North Carolina10910
South Carolina8260
Kentucky6330
Tennessee6510
Oklahoma4040
Illinois3300
Virginia3300

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Garland, TX3.5 inNone3
Mesquite, TX3.5 inNone3
Carrollton, TX3.0 in81 mph2
Irving, TX3.0 in81 mph3
Lewisville, TX3.0 in81 mph3
Arlington, TX2.75 in81 mph4
Dallas, TX2.75 in81 mph3
Frisco, TX2.75 inNone0
Grand Prairie, TX2.75 in81 mph3
Plano, TX2.75 inNone0
Richardson, TX2.75 inNone2
Allen, TX2.0 inNone0
McKinney, TX2.0 inNone0
Denton, TX1.75 inNone1
Shreveport, LA1.75 inNone0
Waco, TX1.75 inNone0
Abilene, TX1.0 inNone0
Asheville, NC1.0 inNone0
Georgetown, TX1.0 inNone0
Gulfport, MS1.0 inNone0
Killeen, TX1.0 inNone0
Lafayette, LA1.0 inNone0
Longview, TX1.0 in60 mph0
New Orleans, LA1.0 in69 mph0
Round Rock, TX1.0 inNone0
Tallahassee, FL1.0 in69 mph0
Tyler, TX1.0 in60 mph0
Augusta, GA0.88 in69 mph0
Fort Worth, TX0.88 inNone1
Austin, TX0.75 inNone0

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