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Storm reports for April 5, 2017

NOAA recorded 260 hail reports, 189 wind reports and 24 tornado reports in 11 states on April 5, 2017.

in 11 states
473
Storm reports
About 48 miles from Birmingham, AL
3.75 in
Largest hail
About 44 miles from Evansville, IN
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 55 miles from Columbus, GA
24
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 5, 2017 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

Hail260, most at 4 PM

Wind189, most at 6 PM

Tornado24, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:49 AMEF2About 55 miles from Columbus, GA10.36 mi long, 1140 yd wide
11:03 AMEF1About 31 miles from Atlanta, GA3.98 mi long, 350 yd wide
11:09 AMEF1About 31 miles from Atlanta, GA2.94 mi long, 350 yd wide
11:27 AMEF2About 41 miles from Columbus, GA16.86 mi long, 1320 yd wide
12:17 PMEF2About 36 miles from Augusta, GA7.2 mi long, 1000 yd wide
12:40 PMEF0About 44 miles from Columbus, GA3.16 mi long, 150 yd wide
12:55 PMEF1Near 32.06, -83.95, GA8.77 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:06 PMEF0About 21 miles from Columbia, SC0.01 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:05 PMEF1Near 32.28, -83.29, GA4.1 mi long, 350 yd wide
2:10 PMEF1Near 37.70, -89.15, IL0.1 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:38 PMEF2Near 32.33, -82.99, GA20.19 mi long, 400 yd wide
3:47 PMEF1About 50 miles from Huntsville, AL7.1 mi long, 150 yd wide
Show all 24 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
4:44 PMEF0About 58 miles from Atlanta, GA0.25 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:54 PMEF1About 34 miles from Louisville, KY1.72 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:59 PMEF1About 45 miles from Chattanooga, TN3.4 mi long, 125 yd wide
5:04 PMEF1About 54 miles from Evansville, IN1.2 mi long, 90 yd wide
5:11 PMEF1Near 37.15, -85.71, KY0.69 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:12 PMEF1Near 37.15, -85.70, KY0.39 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:16 PMEF1Near 37.18, -85.67, KY0.75 mi long, 250 yd wide
5:51 PMEF0About 14 miles from Dayton, OH0.08 mi long, 40 yd wide
5:58 PMEF0About 18 miles from Dayton, OH0.11 mi long, 40 yd wide
8:39 PMEF1About 52 miles from Columbus, GA1.96 mi long, 125 yd wide
11:20 PMEF0About 31 miles from Greenville, SC0.14 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:30 PMEF0About 28 miles from Greenville, SC0.06 mi long, 30 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kentucky11146614
Georgia9148367
Alabama665673
South Carolina5928274
Tennessee4935122
Ohio436352
Indiana201811
North Carolina151320
Illinois9711
Florida8170
Virginia2200

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Birmingham, AL2.5 inNone0
Columbia, SC1.75 in85 mph0
Columbus, GA1.75 in58 mph0
Hilton Head Island, SC1.75 inNone0
Lexington, KY1.75 in62 mph0
Louisville, KY1.75 inNone0
Charleston, SC1.5 in58 mph0
Hickory, NC1.25 inNone0
Dayton, OH1.0 in64 mph1
Durham, NC1.0 inNone0
Greenville, SC1.0 in69 mph0
Huntsville, AL1.0 inNone0
Myrtle Beach, SC1.0 inNone0
Nashville, TN0.88 inNone0
Peoria, IL0.75 inNone0
Augusta, GANone63 mph0
Chattanooga, TNNone58 mph0
Greensboro, NCNone58 mph0
Huntington, WVNone58 mph0
Knoxville, TNNone58 mph0
Winston-Salem, NCNone58 mph0

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