Storm reports for April 12, 2012

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, April 12, 2012
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 40 hail reports, 3 wind reports and 1 tornado report in 4 states on April 12, 2012.

in 4 states; 44
Storm reports: Near 40.20, -101.09, NE; 2.5 in
Largest hail: Near 39.57, -101.71, KS; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, near 40.21, -101.05, NE; 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 12, 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

Hail40, most at 4 PM

Wind3, most at 9 PM

Tornado1, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
7:45 PM	EF0	Near 40.21, -101.05, NE	0.25 mi long, 10 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
2:08 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.55, -103.48, CO
3:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.68, -102.84, CO
3:40 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.65, -102.88, CO
3:45 PM	2.0 in	Near 40.68, -102.80, CO
4:21 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.91, -102.60, CO
4:24 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.93, -102.56, CO
4:45 PM	1.5 in	Near 40.94, -102.39, CO
4:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.04, -102.47, NE
4:46 PM	0.88 in	Near 41.04, -101.96, NE
4:48 PM	0.88 in	Near 41.02, -101.98, NE
4:55 PM	0.75 in	Near 41.18, -101.93, NE
4:56 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.99, -102.26, CO

Show all 40 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:08 PM	1.75 in	Near 41.24, -101.85, NE
5:10 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.20, -101.89, NE
5:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.28, -101.74, NE
5:17 PM	1.75 in	Near 41.26, -101.71, NE
5:17 PM	1.75 in	Near 41.23, -101.66, NE
6:08 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.15, -101.23, NE
6:29 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.56, -101.22, NE
6:33 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.80, -102.01, NE
6:34 PM	2.5 in	Near 40.20, -101.09, NE
6:39 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.53, -101.54, KS
6:50 PM	2.5 in	Near 40.84, -101.67, NE
6:50 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.80, -101.73, NE
7:02 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.68, -101.53, KS
7:32 PM	2.0 in	Near 40.17, -101.05, NE
7:34 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.17, -101.01, NE
7:39 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.17, -101.01, NE
7:42 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.89, -101.29, NE
7:45 PM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Merced, CA
7:54 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.81, -101.16, NE
8:05 PM	1.75 in	About 8 miles from Merced, CA
8:05 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.92, -101.16, NE
8:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.97, -100.99, NE
9:01 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.58, -101.72, KS
9:06 PM	0.75 in	Near 39.97, -101.04, KS
9:16 PM	1.5 in	Near 40.04, -101.09, NE
9:37 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.17, -100.71, NE
10:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.33, -100.69, NE
10:16 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.22, -100.62, NE

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Nebraska	29	26	2	1
Colorado	8	8	0	0
Kansas	5	4	1	0
California	2	2	0	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Merced, CA	1.75 in	None	0

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

Time	Gust	Where
7:52 PM	60 mph	Near 40.18, -101.06, NE
9:01 PM	70 mph	Near 39.57, -101.71, KS
9:16 PM	64 mph	Near 40.05, -101.09, NE