Storm reports for April 17, 2016

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, April 17, 2016
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 11 hail reports, 1 wind report and 4 tornado reports in 1 state on April 17, 2016.

in 1 state; 16
Storm reports: About 14 miles from Laredo, TX; 1.5 in
Largest hail: About 4 miles from Tomball, TX; 58 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 9 miles from Tomball, TX; 4
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed wind damage

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 wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 17, 2016 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

Hail11, most at 4 PM

Wind1, most at 12 AM

Tornado4, most at 5 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
12:10 PM	EF0	About 9 miles from Tomball, TX	0.47 mi long, 30 yd wide
7:24 PM	EF0	About 59 miles from Laredo, TX	0.02 mi long, 20 yd wide
5:12 AM	EF0	About 17 miles from Houston, TX	0.23 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:14 AM	EF0	About 24 miles from Houston, TX	0.14 mi long, 30 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
1:53 PM	0.88 in	Near 29.57, -99.74, TX
4:18 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from San Antonio, TX
4:22 PM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from San Antonio, TX
4:38 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from San Antonio, TX
5:50 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from San Antonio, TX
6:57 PM	0.88 in	About 55 miles from San Antonio, TX
7:56 PM	0.75 in	About 51 miles from Laredo, TX
8:17 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Waco, TX
10:00 PM	1.5 in	About 14 miles from Laredo, TX
10:25 PM	1.25 in	About 8 miles from Laredo, TX
10:52 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Laredo, TX

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	16	11	1	4

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Laredo, TX	1.5 in	None	0
Tomball, TX	None	58 mph	1

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