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Storm reports for April 14, 2012

NOAA recorded 250 hail reports, 90 wind reports and 85 tornado reports in 7 states on April 14, 2012.

in 7 states
425
Storm reports
Near 39.43, -96.76, KS
4.5 in
Largest hail
Near 41.23, -92.49, IA
97 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, near 38.41, -98.26, KS
85
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 14, 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

An EF3 tornado entered the southwest side of Woodward, Oklahoma, around 12:18 a.m. CDT on April 15. It heavily damaged several homes and businesses and destroyed several mobile homes on the north side of the city.1 Six people were killed and 29 were injured.1 Late on the evening of April 14, an EF3 tornado tracked about 13 miles across Sedgwick County, Kansas, from near Haysville and damaged many hangars at McConnell Air Force Base.2 Seven homes along its path lost two to four walls, about a quarter of the homes in a mobile home park were reduced to rubble, and several apartments and businesses had roofs torn off and windows blown out.2 That tornado injured 38 people, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $500 million in property damage from it.2 Earlier, around 6 p.m. CDT, an EF4 tornado near Kanopolis Reservoir in Ellsworth County, Kansas, swept a home off its foundation and destroyed it.3

Hail up to 4.5 inches across fell near Randolph in Riley County, Kansas, after midnight.4 Near Broughton in Clay County, Kansas, 4-inch hail put holes in roofs or cars and broke all west-facing house windows.5 In parts of North Platte, Nebraska, large hail up to tennis ball size fell off and on for almost two hours, and the Storm Events Database lists $36 million in property damage across three hail reports in and near the city.6,7,8

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado, Woodward, Woodward County, OK, April 14 to 15, 2012
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado, Haysville, Sedgwick County, KS, April 14, 2012
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado, Kanopolis Reservoir, Ellsworth County, KS, April 14, 2012
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Randolph, Riley County, KS, April 15, 2012
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Broughton, Clay County, KS, April 15, 2012
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, North Platte, Lincoln County, NE, April 14, 2012
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, North Platte, Lincoln County, NE, April 14, 2012
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, south of North Platte, Lincoln County, NE, April 14, 2012

Reports by hour

Hail250, most at 8 PM

Wind90, most at 7 PM

Tornado85, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:38 AMEF1Near 38.20, -99.54, KS4.1 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:14 PMEF1Near 38.43, -99.33, KS17.2 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:23 PMEF0Near 38.83, -98.86, KS0.53 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:34 PMEF0Near 38.94, -98.72, KS1.77 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:43 PMEF0Near 39.05, -98.62, KS2.85 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:57 PMEF1Near 37.84, -99.97, KS33.7 mi long, 200 yd wide
2:03 PMEF1Near 39.27, -98.49, KS3.99 mi long, 300 yd wide
2:10 PMEF0Near 40.01, -97.90, NE3.12 mi long, 40 yd wide
2:24 PMEF1Near 37.41, -99.74, KS6.3 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:28 PMEF0Near 42.14, -96.01, IA0.4 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:30 PMEF0Near 40.15, -97.68, NE0.04 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:56 PMEF0About 53 miles from Lincoln, NE0.33 mi long, 60 yd wide
Show all 85 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
3:24 PMEF1Near 38.31, -99.41, KS4.68 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:28 PMEF1Near 37.83, -99.20, KS9.34 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:49 PMEF0Near 36.53, -99.52, OK4 mi long, 30 yd wide
3:59 PMEF1Near 36.59, -99.41, OK0.5 mi long, 30 yd wide
3:59 PMEF1Near 37.23, -99.11, KS10.9 mi long, 125 yd wide
4:04 PMEF0Near 38.48, -99.15, KS0.9 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:25 PMEF1Near 38.15, -98.73, KS9.75 mi long, 150 yd wide
4:26 PMEF0Near 36.79, -99.21, OK0.2 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:33 PMEF0Near 36.82, -99.16, OK0.3 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:35 PMEF1Near 38.10, -98.77, KS14.34 mi long, 150 yd wide
4:44 PMEF0Near 37.49, -98.71, KS2.3 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:50 PMEF0Near 38.27, -98.54, KS0.54 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:50 PMEF0About 29 miles from Lincoln, NE2.75 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:56 PMEF2About 31 miles from Lincoln, NE5.75 mi long, 440 yd wide
5:02 PMEF0About 57 miles from Wichita, KS0.48 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:07 PMEF0About 38 miles from Lincoln, NE3.78 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:08 PMEF0Near 37.67, -98.50, KS2.3 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:18 PMEF0Near 41.11, -100.78, NE0.07 mi long, 20 yd wide
5:18 PMEF0Near 36.24, -99.59, OK0.2 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:21 PMEF1About 41 miles from Omaha, NE2 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:24 PMEF0Near 36.27, -99.57, OK0.2 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:27 PMEF0Near 40.95, -100.87, NE0.02 mi long, 10 yd wide
5:28 PMEF0Near 41.04, -100.82, NE0.01 mi long, 10 yd wide
5:28 PMEF0Near 41.04, -100.82, NE0.03 mi long, 20 yd wide
5:28 PMEF2About 37 miles from Omaha, NE12.23 mi long, 880 yd wide
5:32 PMEF0Near 41.08, -100.80, NE0.47 mi long, 20 yd wide
5:33 PMEF4Near 38.41, -98.26, KS50.28 mi long, 400 yd wide
5:47 PMEF0Near 41.09, -100.74, NE0.02 mi long, 10 yd wide
6:15 PMEF0Near 36.52, -99.11, OK0.2 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:16 PMEF0Near 40.30, -99.62, NE0.81 mi long, 40 yd wide
6:30 PMEF0About 53 miles from Wichita, KS1.29 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:36 PMEF0Near 40.84, -100.81, NE15.14 mi long, 20 yd wide
6:50 PMEF0Near 38.88, -97.50, KS0.64 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:50 PMEF0Near 36.40, -99.09, OK0.1 mi long, 20 yd wide
6:51 PMEF0Near 36.51, -98.99, OK0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:52 PMEF2About 59 miles from Des Moines, IA16.59 mi long, 800 yd wide
6:55 PMEF0About 42 miles from Wichita, KS0.24 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:55 PMEF1Near 38.89, -97.50, KS15.79 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:01 PMEF0Near 36.46, -98.94, OK0.1 mi long, 30 yd wide
7:06 PMEF1Near 36.47, -98.92, OK7.2 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:10 PMEF0About 38 miles from Wichita, KS0.34 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:19 PMEF0Near 36.55, -98.83, OK1 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:30 PMEF0Near 36.59, -98.70, OK9 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:31 PMEF0Near 39.13, -97.20, KS3.29 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:47 PMEF1Near 36.69, -98.52, OK10 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:54 PMEF1About 27 miles from Des Moines, IA0.85 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:57 PMEF0Near 36.78, -98.39, OK12 mi long, 400 yd wide
8:03 PMEF0About 36 miles from Wichita, KS0.62 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:05 PMEF1About 36 miles from Wichita, KS7.01 mi long, 250 yd wide
8:19 PMEF1Near 36.89, -98.25, OK12.9 mi long, 600 yd wide
8:27 PMEF3Near 37.61, -99.38, KS48.02 mi long, 1720 yd wide
8:40 PMEF1Near 37.68, -99.25, KS4.9 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:41 PMEF1About 52 miles from Wichita, KS16.38 mi long, 250 yd wide
8:42 PMEF1Near 37.00, -98.07, KS22.33 mi long, 1000 yd wide
9:10 PMEF3About 45 miles from Wichita, KS18.11 mi long, 400 yd wide
9:10 PMEF3Near 37.95, -98.90, KS39.67 mi long, 2640 yd wide
9:22 PMEF1Near 41.25, -92.51, IA1.27 mi long, 90 yd wide
9:23 PMEF1Near 38.07, -98.66, KS6.6 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:32 PMEF1About 31 miles from Wichita, KS7.39 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:35 PMEF1Near 41.17, -92.34, IA3 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:21 PMEF3About 10 miles from Wichita, KS13.2 mi long, 1760 yd wide
10:44 PMEF0Near 38.59, -97.71, KS10.33 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:49 PMEF0About 16 miles from Wichita, KS1.52 mi long, 250 yd wide
10:55 PMEF0About 17 miles from Wichita, KS0.4 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:55 PMEF1About 22 miles from Wichita, KS4.5 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:10 PMEF0About 36 miles from Wichita, KS15.07 mi long, 250 yd wide
11:16 PMEF1Near 38.61, -98.14, KS7.57 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:26 PMEF1About 14 miles from Lincoln, NE2.28 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:42 PMEF3Near 36.11, -99.78, OK34 mi long, 400 yd wide
12:06 AMEF0Near 38.22, -96.20, KS0.1 mi long, 25 yd wide
12:18 AMEF1About 21 miles from Omaha, NE1.86 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:55 AMEF1About 16 miles from Omaha, NE1.04 mi long, 440 yd wide
5:49 AMEF1About 16 miles from Tulsa, OK4.2 mi long, 200 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kansas144821943
Nebraska101721217
Iowa9243427
Oklahoma49201118
Texas333030
Illinois5230
Missouri1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Lubbock, TX1.75 inNone0
Des Moines, IA1.0 in66 mph0
Tulsa, OK1.0 inNone0
Lincoln, NE0.75 inNone1
Cedar Rapids, IANone58 mph0
Davenport, IANone78 mph0
Topeka, KSNone75 mph0
Wichita, KSNone84 mph1

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