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Storm reports for April 29, 2017

NOAA recorded 98 hail reports, 144 wind reports and 29 tornado reports in 15 states on April 29, 2017.

in 15 states
271
Storm reports
Near 36.81, -81.49, VA
2.0 in
Largest hail
About 54 miles from Lafayette, LA
96 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, about 42 miles from Tyler, TX
29
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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 29, 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.

What happened

Seven tornadoes hit Henderson, Van Zandt, Rains and Hopkins counties in East Texas in the late afternoon and evening of April 29, and NWS Fort Worth counts 4 deaths.1 The strongest, an EF4 with peak winds of 180 mph, ran from near Eustace to west of Canton between 5:29 and 6:09 p.m. CDT and grew to about a mile wide.1 It damaged or destroyed more than 50 homes, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists 2 deaths and 20 injuries in Van Zandt County from it.2 An EF3 with 145 mph winds followed from east of Canton to Emory between 6:08 and 7:28 p.m., a path about 40 miles long. It damaged or destroyed homes, businesses and farm buildings, killed 2 people and injured 24.1,3

In central Illinois, a downburst with winds estimated at 80 mph hit Middletown in Logan County between 4:56 and 5:15 p.m. CDT. Falling trees damaged 43 homes, and the database lists $2 million in damage.4 Early on April 30, an EF2 with 115 mph winds in Adams County, Mississippi, tore a large part of the roof off one home and the roof off a stable, and falling trees destroyed or damaged other homes. The database lists $400,000 in damage.5

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Fort Worth: April 29th, 2017 - East Texas Tornado Event
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 683249, tornado, Van Zandt County, Texas
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 683254, tornado, Van Zandt County, Texas
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 691619, thunderstorm wind, Logan County, Illinois
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 690419, tornado, Adams County, Mississippi

Reports by hour

Hail98, most at 5 PM

Wind144, most at 5 PM

Tornado29, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:24 PMEF1Near 31.76, -93.15, LA1.96 mi long, 290 yd wide
3:16 PMEF1Near 36.21, -93.08, AR1.89 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:31 PMEF0About 21 miles from St. Louis, MO3.85 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:02 PMEF1About 30 miles from St. Louis, MO2.36 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:15 PMEF0About 33 miles from Tyler, TX1.55 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:17 PMEF1About 56 miles from Fayetteville, AR7.3 mi long, 600 yd wide
4:20 PMEF0Near 39.75, -90.00, IL0.68 mi long, 10 yd wide
4:57 PMEF1About 32 miles from Fayetteville, AR5.5 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:10 PMEF0About 35 miles from Tyler, TX1.8 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:29 PMEF4About 42 miles from Tyler, TX21.42 mi long, 1760 yd wide
5:51 PMEF2About 40 miles from Tyler, TX11.68 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:08 PMEF3About 34 miles from Tyler, TX39.71 mi long, 1760 yd wide
Show all 29 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
6:32 PMEF0About 46 miles from Mesquite, TX8.57 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:13 PMEF0About 40 miles from Mesquite, TX0.88 mi long, 80 yd wide
8:45 PMEF1About 19 miles from Tyler, TX2.99 mi long, 570 yd wide
8:48 PMEF1About 24 miles from Tyler, TX0.3 mi long, 190 yd wide
12:37 AMEF1About 47 miles from Little Rock, AR5.86 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:57 AMEF1Near 35.23, -91.35, AR0.76 mi long, 80 yd wide
1:25 AMEF1Near 36.38, -90.72, AR2.84 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:56 AMEF1Near 35.99, -90.31, AR1.96 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:07 AMEF1About 52 miles from Memphis, TN5.6 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:08 AMEF1Near 36.08, -90.10, MO1.2 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:15 AMEF1About 34 miles from Little Rock, AR5.12 mi long, 400 yd wide
2:52 AMEF2Near 36.78, -89.58, MO4.04 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:07 AMEF1Near 31.99, -92.59, LA6.87 mi long, 1760 yd wide
4:20 AMEF1About 52 miles from Lafayette, LA0.63 mi long, 95 yd wide
4:44 AMEF1Near 32.59, -91.85, LA5.71 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:50 AMEF0Near 33.54, -91.77, AR1.13 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:14 AMEF2Near 31.48, -91.43, MS3.44 mi long, 440 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Arkansas706559
Illinois4615292
Louisiana4516254
Texas382279
Tennessee13490
Kentucky121110
Missouri11353
Oklahoma11641
Virginia9900
Mississippi6231
Georgia3120
Indiana3300
Kansas2020
Alabama1010
Ohio1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Lake Charles, LA1.75 in58 mph0
Lexington, KY1.0 inNone0
Little Rock, AR1.0 inNone0
Memphis, TN1.0 inNone0
Pasadena, TX1.0 inNone0
St. Louis, MO1.0 in64 mph0
Georgetown, TX0.75 inNone0
New Braunfels, TX0.75 inNone0
Round Rock, TX0.75 inNone0
San Marcos, TX0.75 inNone0
Chattanooga, TNNone58 mph0
Cincinnati, OHNone58 mph0
Kingsport, TNNone58 mph0
Lafayette, LANone58 mph0
Louisville, KYNone63 mph0

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