Storm reports for April 28, 2016

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, April 28, 2016
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 126 hail reports, 14 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 12 states on April 28, 2016.

in 12 states; 142
Storm reports: Near 39.34, -80.06, WV; 2.75 in
Largest hail: Near 37.11, -96.50, KS; 77 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 17 miles from Indianapolis, IN; 2
Tornado reports

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

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 28, 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

Hail126, most at 4 PM

Wind14, most at 4 PM

Tornado2, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
3:26 PM	EF1	About 17 miles from Indianapolis, IN	0.17 mi long, 40 yd wide
5:40 PM	EF0	Near 34.35, -100.82, TX	0.06 mi long, 10 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
2:01 PM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from Huntington, WV
2:26 PM	1.75 in	About 28 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
2:27 PM	0.75 in	About 57 miles from Huntington, WV
2:30 PM	0.25 in	Near 38.16, -112.63, UT
2:48 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Indianapolis, IN
2:50 PM	1.75 in	About 39 miles from Indianapolis, IN
2:52 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Indianapolis, IN
2:53 PM	0.75 in	Near 39.12, -81.75, OH
3:18 PM	1.5 in	About 42 miles from Lynchburg, VA
3:27 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.04, -81.47, WV
3:35 PM	1.5 in	About 31 miles from Hickory, NC
3:37 PM	1.75 in	About 19 miles from Winston-Salem, NC

Show all 126 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
3:40 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Lynchburg, VA
3:41 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Columbus, OH
3:45 PM	0.88 in	About 16 miles from Charleston, SC
3:53 PM	1.5 in	About 47 miles from Columbus, OH
3:53 PM	1.5 in	About 22 miles from Cincinnati, OH
3:55 PM	2.0 in	About 46 miles from Columbus, OH
3:58 PM	1.0 in	About 10 miles from Charleston, SC
3:59 PM	1.75 in	About 49 miles from Columbus, OH
4:00 PM	0.75 in	About 39 miles from Roanoke, VA
4:00 PM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from Columbus, OH
4:00 PM	1.75 in	About 18 miles from Durham, NC
4:01 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Greensboro, NC
4:02 PM	0.88 in	About 9 miles from Charleston, SC
4:10 PM	1.25 in	Near 38.85, -79.89, WV
4:15 PM	1.25 in	About 14 miles from Greensboro, NC
4:15 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Lynchburg, VA
4:16 PM	1.0 in	About 24 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
4:16 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.83, -79.85, WV
4:18 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Columbus, OH
4:18 PM	1.25 in	Near 38.84, -79.87, WV
4:18 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.81, -79.84, WV
4:20 PM	1.0 in	About 56 miles from Columbus, OH
4:24 PM	1.75 in	About 47 miles from Lubbock, TX
4:25 PM	2.5 in	About 45 miles from Durham, NC
4:25 PM	1.75 in	About 50 miles from Durham, NC
4:25 PM	1.25 in	About 58 miles from Columbus, OH
4:35 PM	1.0 in	About 44 miles from Durham, NC
4:45 PM	2.5 in	Near 39.37, -81.92, OH
4:45 PM	0.88 in	Near 38.84, -80.29, WV
4:47 PM	1.0 in	About 27 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:50 PM	1.5 in	Near 39.30, -79.97, WV
4:52 PM	2.5 in	Near 39.35, -80.05, WV
4:53 PM	1.5 in	Near 39.35, -80.06, WV
4:55 PM	2.75 in	Near 39.34, -80.06, WV
5:05 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Greensboro, NC
5:06 PM	0.88 in	About 32 miles from Lubbock, TX
5:08 PM	1.75 in	Near 34.37, -101.05, TX
5:10 PM	1.5 in	Near 39.34, -79.94, WV
5:10 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.31, -79.97, WV
5:10 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.30, -79.86, WV
5:11 PM	1.75 in	Near 34.36, -100.89, TX
5:12 PM	0.88 in	About 7 miles from Dayton, OH
5:14 PM	2.0 in	About 35 miles from Lubbock, TX
5:15 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.31, -79.90, WV
5:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.29, -79.85, WV
5:15 PM	0.75 in	About 10 miles from Dayton, OH
5:20 PM	1.5 in	Near 39.18, -81.53, WV
5:23 PM	1.75 in	About 52 miles from Amarillo, TX
5:26 PM	2.0 in	Near 39.18, -81.53, WV
5:30 PM	2.0 in	About 21 miles from Greensboro, NC
5:30 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:33 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Dayton, OH
5:36 PM	1.0 in	About 15 miles from Dayton, OH
5:37 PM	1.0 in	About 15 miles from Dayton, OH
5:40 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.18, -81.38, WV
5:40 PM	0.75 in	About 15 miles from Dayton, OH
5:45 PM	2.0 in	Near 39.10, -81.34, WV
5:53 PM	0.75 in	About 49 miles from Columbus, OH
5:59 PM	0.75 in	About 22 miles from Dayton, OH
6:00 PM	1.75 in	About 38 miles from Fayetteville, NC
6:07 PM	1.0 in	About 26 miles from Dayton, OH
6:19 PM	1.75 in	About 46 miles from Amarillo, TX
6:23 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.00, -80.99, WV
6:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.51, -100.43, TX
6:27 PM	1.5 in	About 47 miles from Fayetteville, NC
6:30 PM	2.0 in	Near 35.60, -76.39, NC
6:36 PM	1.5 in	About 57 miles from Amarillo, TX
6:45 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Durham, NC
6:48 PM	1.0 in	About 47 miles from Huntington, WV
7:13 PM	1.25 in	About 29 miles from Amarillo, TX
7:26 PM	1.75 in	Near 34.69, -99.92, OK
7:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.22, -100.45, TX
7:31 PM	1.0 in	About 44 miles from Lynchburg, VA
7:33 PM	1.75 in	About 52 miles from Amarillo, TX
7:35 PM	0.75 in	About 47 miles from Richmond, VA
7:37 PM	1.75 in	About 48 miles from Amarillo, TX
7:40 PM	1.0 in	About 44 miles from Richmond, VA
7:49 PM	0.75 in	About 33 miles from Amarillo, TX
7:51 PM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Amarillo, TX
7:55 PM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Amarillo, TX
7:58 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Amarillo, TX
7:59 PM	1.25 in	About 33 miles from Amarillo, TX
8:01 PM	1.0 in	About 29 miles from Amarillo, TX
8:03 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Amarillo, TX
8:08 PM	1.75 in	About 33 miles from Amarillo, TX
8:09 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Amarillo, TX
8:17 PM	0.75 in	Near 36.85, -103.92, NM
8:20 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Amarillo, TX
8:28 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Amarillo, TX
8:29 PM	2.0 in	Near 36.13, -100.80, TX
8:30 PM	1.75 in	About 41 miles from Amarillo, TX
8:42 PM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Temple, TX
8:49 PM	1.25 in	About 5 miles from Temple, TX
8:52 PM	2.0 in	About 10 miles from Temple, TX
9:01 PM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from Temple, TX
9:10 PM	1.25 in	About 7 miles from Temple, TX
9:15 PM	1.75 in	About 5 miles from Temple, TX
9:18 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
9:22 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
9:34 PM	1.75 in	Near 35.69, -100.64, TX
9:39 PM	1.25 in	Near 35.69, -100.64, TX
1:16 AM	1.0 in	Near 36.49, -101.81, TX
2:10 AM	1.0 in	About 40 miles from Denton, TX
2:15 AM	0.88 in	Near 33.46, -94.42, TX
2:28 AM	1.0 in	Near 33.45, -94.32, TX
2:30 AM	1.25 in	About 36 miles from Norman, OK
3:12 AM	1.5 in	Near 34.17, -96.73, OK
3:34 AM	2.0 in	Near 33.83, -94.35, AR
3:34 AM	1.75 in	Near 33.84, -94.39, AR
4:02 AM	1.0 in	Near 33.97, -94.17, AR
4:20 AM	2.0 in	Near 34.04, -94.34, AR
4:21 AM	1.75 in	Near 34.04, -94.34, AR
5:33 AM	0.88 in	Near 33.78, -93.56, AR
6:14 AM	1.0 in	Near 33.80, -93.38, AR

Time	Gust	Where
3:30 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Greensboro, NC
3:31 PM	58 mph	About 53 miles from Dayton, OH
4:08 PM	58 mph	About 8 miles from Charleston, SC
4:28 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
4:38 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Raleigh, NC
4:52 PM	58 mph	Near 39.35, -80.03, WV
5:30 PM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Raleigh, NC
5:30 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Durham, NC
5:35 PM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Raleigh, NC
6:20 PM	63 mph	About 52 miles from Amarillo, TX
6:25 PM	60 mph	Near 34.51, -100.43, TX
6:43 PM	58 mph	About 50 miles from Lynchburg, VA
8:28 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Raleigh, NC
2:35 AM	77 mph	Near 37.11, -96.50, KS

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	41	38	2	1
North Carolina	22	15	7	0
West Virginia	22	21	1	0
Ohio	21	21	0	0
Virginia	13	12	1	0
Arkansas	7	7	0	0
Indiana	6	4	1	1
South Carolina	4	3	1	0
Oklahoma	3	3	0	0
Kansas	1	0	1	0
New Mexico	1	1	0	0
Utah	1	1	0	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Killeen, TX	2.0 in	None
Temple, TX	2.0 in	None
Greensboro, NC	1.25 in	None
Charleston, SC	1.0 in	58 mph
Dayton, OH	1.0 in	None
Raleigh, NC	1.0 in	58 mph

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