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Storm reports for April 9, 2015

NOAA recorded 238 hail reports, 169 wind reports and 19 tornado reports in 20 states on April 9, 2015.

in 20 states
426
Storm reports
Near 36.08, -91.07, AR
4.5 in
Largest hail
About 23 miles from St. Louis, MO
120 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, about 30 miles from Rockford, IL
19
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 9, 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.

What happened

On April 9, 2015, a tornado touched down near Franklin Grove, Illinois, at 6:39 p.m. CDT and tracked 30.2 miles northeast past Rochelle and through Fairdale before lifting near Kirkland at 7:20 p.m.1 The NWS rated it EF4 with peak winds of 200 mph and a width of up to 700 yards. Two people were killed and 22 were injured.1 Around Rochelle, about 30 homes were damaged or destroyed, and some well-built homes were swept off their foundations.2 In Fairdale, about 71 homes were damaged, 17 of them destroyed, and both deaths occurred there.3 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $10 million in property damage from the tornado in Ogle County, $8 million in DeKalb County and $1 million in Lee County.2,3,4

Hail 4.5 inches across fell at Portia in Lawrence County, Arkansas, at 6:38 p.m. CST.5 Hail 3 inches across fell in Gillespie in Macoupin County, Illinois, and near Mahomet in Champaign County.6,7 Around 7:16 p.m. CDT, a microburst with winds estimated up to 120 mph struck Spirit of St. Louis Airport in St. Louis County, Missouri, peeling off roofing and throwing roof material up to 150 yards.8 In Longview, Texas, an EF1 tornado near downtown at 6:10 p.m. CST damaged roofs, homes and a mobile home park. The database lists $1 million in damage.9

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Chicago: April 9, 2015 Tornadoes
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 574337, tornado, Ogle County, Illinois
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 574338, tornado, DeKalb County, Illinois
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 574336, tornado, Lee County, Illinois
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 569151, hail, Lawrence County, Arkansas
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 588948, hail, Macoupin County, Illinois
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 571744, hail, Champaign County, Illinois
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 588962, thunderstorm wind, St. Louis County, Missouri
  9. 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 560771, tornado, Gregg County, Texas

Reports by hour

Hail238, most at 5 PM

Wind169, most at 5 PM

Tornado19, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:32 PMEF0About 8 miles from Peoria, IL0.15 mi long, 10 yd wide
5:04 PMEF1About 16 miles from Davenport, IA22.38 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:22 PMEF0About 42 miles from Ann Arbor, MI0.6 mi long, 70 yd wide
5:40 PMEF1About 23 miles from Davenport, IA12.47 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:02 PMEF1About 37 miles from Davenport, IA8.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:37 PMEF0About 7 miles from Rockford, IL2.84 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:38 PMEF2About 16 miles from Tyler, TX1.77 mi long, 340 yd wide
6:39 PMEF4About 30 miles from Rockford, IL30.14 mi long, 700 yd wide
7:05 PMEF0About 15 miles from Rockford, IL1.86 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:10 PMEF1About 2 miles from Longview, TX1.31 mi long, 335 yd wide
7:15 PMEF1About 13 miles from Rockford, IL4.01 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:20 PMEF1About 5 miles from Longview, TX4.52 mi long, 760 yd wide
Show all 19 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
7:24 PMEF0About 12 miles from Rockford, IL0.42 mi long, 30 yd wide
7:25 PMEF1About 15 miles from Rockford, IL3.92 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:47 PMEF0Near 39.55, -89.44, IL0.14 mi long, 10 yd wide
7:50 PMEF1About 29 miles from Rockford, IL0.32 mi long, 30 yd wide
9:08 PMEF0Near 35.68, -99.24, OK0.2 mi long, 30 yd wide
9:16 PMEF0Near 37.53, -89.81, MO1.75 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:31 PMEF0Near 37.38, -89.72, MO1.7 mi long, 130 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Illinois83571610
Ohio6641250
Missouri3724112
Pennsylvania364320
Arkansas322570
West Virginia2816120
Iowa232012
Kentucky234190
Indiana200200
Wisconsin181800
Texas15573
North Carolina111010
Oklahoma9621
Michigan8161
Tennessee8170
Mississippi4220
Minnesota2200
Georgia1100
Louisiana1010
Virginia1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Cincinnati, OH2.0 in64 mph0
Dayton, OH1.75 in58 mph0
Little Rock, AR1.75 in69 mph0
Rockford, IL1.75 inNone4
Toledo, OH1.5 inNone0
Fayetteville, NC1.25 inNone0
Peoria, IL1.25 in60 mph1
Fayetteville, AR1.0 in60 mph0
Huntington, WV1.0 in58 mph0
St. Louis, MO1.0 in72 mph0
Winston-Salem, NC1.0 inNone0
Davenport, IA0.88 inNone0
Cedar Rapids, IA0.75 inNone0
Evansville, INNone70 mph0
Longview, TXNoneNone2
Louisville, KYNone60 mph0
Nashville, TNNone60 mph0
Pittsburgh, PANone81 mph0
Tyler, TXNone63 mph0

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