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Texas storm reports for April 3, 2012

NOAA recorded 98 hail reports, 18 wind reports and 20 tornado reports in Texas on April 3, 2012.

in Texas
136
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
20
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.

Reports by hour

Hail98, most at 2 PM

Wind18, most at 2 PM

Tornado20, 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 20 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

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
Waco, TX1.75 inNone0
Abilene, TX1.0 inNone0
Georgetown, TX1.0 inNone0
Killeen, TX1.0 inNone0
Longview, TX1.0 in60 mph0
Round Rock, TX1.0 inNone0
Tyler, TX1.0 in60 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.