Storm reports for April 20, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, April 20, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 58 hail reports, 26 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 12 states on April 20, 2017.

in 12 states; 86
Storm reports: About 14 miles from Pittsburgh, PA; 2.0 in
Largest hail: About 49 miles from Fayetteville, AR; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 50 miles from Cincinnati, OH; 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

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 20, 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

Hail58, most at 12 AM

Wind26, most at 1 PM

Tornado2, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:35 PM	EF1	About 50 miles from Cincinnati, OH	2.79 mi long, 40 yd wide
6:47 PM	EF0	About 41 miles from Erie, PA	0.35 mi long, 20 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
11:41 AM	1.25 in	About 14 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
11:43 AM	2.0 in	About 14 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
11:45 AM	1.0 in	About 15 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
11:46 AM	1.25 in	About 15 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
11:50 AM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
12:00 PM	1.25 in	About 15 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
12:03 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
12:08 PM	1.5 in	About 21 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
12:15 PM	1.25 in	About 24 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
1:08 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Kalamazoo, MI
1:48 PM	1.25 in	About 39 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
1:54 PM	0.75 in	About 7 miles from Fort Wayne, IN

Show all 58 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
1:57 PM	1.5 in	About 42 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
2:13 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
2:25 PM	1.75 in	About 58 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
2:30 PM	2.0 in	About 59 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
2:58 PM	1.75 in	Near 41.28, -78.94, PA
3:12 PM	1.5 in	About 23 miles from Kalamazoo, MI
3:20 PM	0.88 in	About 23 miles from Kalamazoo, MI
3:38 PM	0.75 in	About 22 miles from Indianapolis, IN
3:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.68, -78.76, VA
4:10 PM	1.5 in	About 50 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
4:12 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Toledo, OH
4:35 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Fort Wayne, IN
4:35 PM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from Toledo, OH
4:43 PM	0.88 in	About 29 miles from Indianapolis, IN
4:55 PM	0.75 in	Near 39.12, -86.94, IN
5:05 PM	0.75 in	Near 36.62, -90.82, MO
5:17 PM	0.75 in	About 19 miles from Erie, PA
5:49 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Erie, PA
6:10 PM	1.0 in	About 27 miles from Erie, PA
10:29 PM	1.5 in	Near 34.51, -100.43, TX
11:45 PM	1.5 in	Near 35.30, -98.98, OK
11:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.78, -103.99, NM
12:08 AM	1.75 in	Near 35.53, -98.70, OK
12:10 AM	2.0 in	About 38 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
12:12 AM	1.0 in	Near 35.54, -98.69, OK
12:20 AM	2.0 in	Near 35.56, -98.70, OK
12:45 AM	1.75 in	Near 34.78, -98.57, OK
12:57 AM	1.25 in	About 60 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
12:57 AM	1.75 in	Near 34.83, -98.35, OK
1:13 AM	1.0 in	Near 34.81, -98.32, OK
1:14 AM	1.25 in	Near 34.81, -98.29, OK
1:21 AM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from Norman, OK
1:24 AM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
2:35 AM	1.25 in	About 13 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
2:45 AM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Denton, TX
3:00 AM	1.0 in	Near 36.06, -102.52, TX
4:23 AM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Amarillo, TX
4:29 AM	1.0 in	Near 35.52, -98.73, OK
4:35 AM	1.5 in	About 48 miles from Amarillo, TX
4:47 AM	1.5 in	Near 36.39, -100.80, TX
4:47 AM	1.0 in	Near 36.39, -100.81, TX
4:52 AM	1.0 in	Near 36.44, -100.80, TX
4:56 AM	1.0 in	Near 36.44, -100.15, TX
5:15 AM	1.25 in	About 33 miles from Amarillo, TX
5:25 AM	1.0 in	Near 36.27, -100.56, TX
5:28 AM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Amarillo, TX

Time	Gust	Where
1:13 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from South Bend, IN
1:28 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
1:29 PM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
1:32 PM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
1:35 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
1:36 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
2:08 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Pittsburgh, PA
3:35 PM	58 mph	Near 39.39, -79.87, WV
3:50 PM	58 mph	Near 39.47, -79.68, WV
3:52 PM	58 mph	Near 39.48, -79.66, WV
3:56 PM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Indianapolis, IN
4:15 PM	63 mph	About 36 miles from Kalamazoo, MI

Show all 26 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
4:35 PM	60 mph	Near 36.70, -90.86, MO
5:13 PM	64 mph	Near 36.60, -90.75, MO
5:43 PM	60 mph	Near 36.52, -90.53, MO
7:10 PM	60 mph	About 7 miles from Washington, DC
7:15 PM	60 mph	About 7 miles from Washington, DC
7:15 PM	60 mph	About 7 miles from Washington, DC
9:14 PM	60 mph	Near 41.42, -78.74, PA
5:45 AM	64 mph	Near 35.49, -95.17, OK
5:50 AM	72 mph	Near 35.49, -95.12, OK
6:35 AM	75 mph	About 49 miles from Fayetteville, AR
6:45 AM	70 mph	About 49 miles from Fayetteville, AR
6:46 AM	60 mph	About 51 miles from Fayetteville, AR
6:49 AM	70 mph	About 52 miles from Fayetteville, AR
6:56 AM	64 mph	About 41 miles from Fayetteville, AR

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Pennsylvania	26	18	7	1
Oklahoma	15	12	3	0
Texas	14	14	0	0
Indiana	7	4	2	1
Arkansas	4	0	4	0
Michigan	4	3	1	0
Missouri	4	1	3	0
Ohio	4	4	0	0
Maryland	3	0	3	0
West Virginia	3	0	3	0
New Mexico	1	1	0	0
Virginia	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
Pittsburgh, PA	2.0 in	58 mph
Oklahoma City, OK	1.25 in	None
Wichita Falls, TX	1.0 in	None
Fort Wayne, IN	0.75 in	None
Washington, DC	None	60 mph

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