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Storm reports for April 6, 2018

NOAA recorded 113 hail reports, 55 wind reports and 18 tornado reports in 4 states on April 6, 2018.

in 4 states
186
Storm reports
About 11 miles from McKinney, TX
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
96 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 36 miles from Shreveport, LA
18
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 6, 2018 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

Hail113, most at 6 PM

Wind55, most at 7 PM

Tornado18, most at 9 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
6:05 PMEF0Near 32.47, -91.33, LA1.14 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:40 PMEF0Near 32.31, -91.98, LA7.85 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:31 PMEF2About 36 miles from Shreveport, LA10.13 mi long, 1800 yd wide
7:51 PMNot ratedAbout 18 miles from Killeen, TX0.59 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:03 PMEF0About 19 miles from Jackson, MS2.65 mi long, 25 yd wide
8:12 PMEF1About 44 miles from Jackson, MS2.82 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:14 PMEF1Near 31.61, -92.99, LA0.72 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:27 PMEF1About 51 miles from Jackson, MS1.17 mi long, 360 yd wide
9:32 PMEF1About 49 miles from Jackson, MS5.82 mi long, 880 yd wide
9:46 PMEF1About 44 miles from Jackson, MS2.37 mi long, 700 yd wide
11:01 PMEF1About 43 miles from Jackson, MS4.66 mi long, 350 yd wide
11:18 PMEF1About 49 miles from Jackson, MS2.9 mi long, 440 yd wide
Show all 18 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
11:33 PMEF1About 56 miles from Jackson, MS1.74 mi long, 125 yd wide
1:17 AMEF1About 47 miles from Lake Charles, LA7.94 mi long, 1000 yd wide
1:36 AMEF1About 40 miles from Lake Charles, LA1.21 mi long, 600 yd wide
1:44 AMEF1About 39 miles from Lake Charles, LA8.92 mi long, 1200 yd wide
2:14 AMEF0About 35 miles from Lake Charles, LA0.45 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:18 AMEF1About 36 miles from Baton Rouge, LA1.25 mi long, 50 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas857591
Louisiana6325299
Mississippi316178
Oklahoma7700

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Frisco, TX3.0 inNone0
McKinney, TX3.0 inNone0
Allen, TX2.5 inNone0
Plano, TX2.5 inNone0
Arlington, TX2.0 inNone0
Carrollton, TX2.0 inNone0
Garland, TX2.0 inNone0
Grand Prairie, TX2.0 inNone0
Irving, TX2.0 inNone0
Lewisville, TX2.0 inNone0
Richardson, TX2.0 inNone0
Dallas, TX1.75 inNone0
Killeen, TX1.75 inNone0
Longview, TX1.75 inNone0
Mesquite, TX1.75 inNone0
Shreveport, LA1.75 inNone0
Fort Worth, TX1.0 inNone0
Georgetown, TX1.0 inNone0
Round Rock, TX1.0 inNone0
Temple, TX1.0 inNone0
Jackson, MSNone61 mph0
Lafayette, LANone58 mph0
Tyler, TXNone60 mph0

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