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Storm reports for April 7, 2015

NOAA recorded 120 hail reports, 31 wind reports and 9 tornado reports in 10 states on April 7, 2015.

in 10 states
160
Storm reports
About 22 miles from Lexington, KY
2.75 in
Largest hail
About 16 miles from Evansville, IN
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 12 miles from Evansville, IN
9
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 7, 2015 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

Hail120, most at 6 AM

Wind31, most at 3 PM

Tornado9, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:20 PMEF1About 12 miles from Evansville, IN9.56 mi long, 500 yd wide
2:47 PMEF1About 20 miles from Evansville, IN1.5 mi long, 300 yd wide
2:54 PMEF1About 25 miles from Evansville, IN3.49 mi long, 200 yd wide
3:27 PMEF1About 47 miles from Louisville, KY2.6 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:57 PMEF0About 28 miles from Lexington, KY0.6 mi long, 35 yd wide
6:03 PMEF1About 30 miles from Lexington, KY2 mi long, 215 yd wide
9:05 PMEF0Near 37.47, -95.62, KS0.05 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:53 PMEF0Near 38.24, -94.51, MO0.55 mi long, 20 yd wide
10:59 PMEF0Near 37.34, -95.59, KS0.03 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Illinois292810
Missouri292711
Kansas272412
Indiana17674
Iowa151500
Kentucky153102
South Carolina154110
Minnesota8800
California3300
South Dakota2200

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Columbia, SC1.75 in63 mph0
Peoria, IL1.25 inNone0
Sioux Falls, SD0.88 inNone0
Evansville, IN0.75 inNone1
St. Louis, MO0.75 in60 mph0
Spartanburg, SCNone58 mph0

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