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Storm reports for April 30, 2019

NOAA recorded 55 hail reports, 61 wind reports and 57 tornado reports in 8 states on April 30, 2019.

in 8 states
173
Storm reports
Near 30.71, -101.20, TX
3.0 in
Largest hail
Near 35.38, -93.41, AR
104 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 59 miles from McKinney, TX
57
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 30, 2019 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

In southwest Missouri, an EF2 tornado with winds near 134 mph tracked 10.3 miles from north of Ozark to northwest of Rogersville, starting at 7:28 p.m. CST.1 It damaged 235 homes, 12 of them destroyed, along with as many as 45 vehicles, and injured three people.1 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $6.8 million in property damage in Christian County and $3.9 million in Greene County.1,2

In southern Oklahoma, an EF3 formed near Blue in Bryan County at 8:07 p.m. CST, grew to 1,400 yards wide and damaged or destroyed a number of mobile homes, killing two people and injuring 11.3 An EF2 with winds of 110 to 120 mph formed southwest of Haileyville in Pittsburg County at 9:41 p.m. CST and damaged many homes and businesses in town, destroying some. The database lists $1.5 million in damage.4

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 817415, tornado, Christian County, Missouri
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 817419, tornado, Greene County, Missouri
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 822242, tornado, Bryan County, Oklahoma
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 822280, tornado, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

Reports by hour

Hail55, most at 3 PM

Wind61, most at 9 PM

Tornado57, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:53 AMEF1About 47 miles from Oklahoma City, OK3 mi long, 30 yd wide
12:09 PMNot ratedNear 34.40, -96.94, OK0.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:13 PMEF1About 48 miles from Tulsa, OK0.5 mi long, 20 yd wide
12:22 PMEF1About 58 miles from Norman, OK1.95 mi long, 30 yd wide
1:18 PMNot ratedNear 37.08, -95.21, KS0.23 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:03 PMEF0About 29 miles from Tulsa, OK2.5 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:14 PMEF0About 19 miles from Tulsa, OK1.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:29 PMEF1About 22 miles from Tulsa, OK2.3 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:44 PMEF2About 27 miles from Tulsa, OK9.8 mi long, 1300 yd wide
2:51 PMNot ratedAbout 29 miles from Tulsa, OK0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:57 PMEF1About 52 miles from Tulsa, OK7.5 mi long, 900 yd wide
3:02 PMEF1About 27 miles from Tulsa, OK7.8 mi long, 300 yd wide
Show all 57 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
3:05 PMEF1Near 36.30, -93.00, AR6.61 mi long, 400 yd wide
3:22 PMEF1About 31 miles from Springfield, MO3.75 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:42 PMEF1About 44 miles from Fayetteville, AR12.34 mi long, 880 yd wide
3:50 PMEF1About 53 miles from Springfield, MO5.4 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:51 PMNot ratedAbout 43 miles from Tulsa, OK0.1 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:51 PMNot ratedAbout 30 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.2 mi long, 30 yd wide
3:52 PMEF0About 50 miles from St. Louis, MO1.17 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:13 PMEF0Near 30.75, -102.16, TX0.91 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:15 PMEF1Near 36.82, -95.07, OK6.3 mi long, 800 yd wide
4:25 PMEF0About 39 miles from Springfield, MO5.03 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:27 PMEF0Near 32.88, -101.14, TX1.48 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:29 PMEF1Near 36.86, -94.96, OK7.2 mi long, 700 yd wide
4:34 PMNot ratedAbout 9 miles from Wichita Falls, TX1.5 mi long, 40 yd wide
4:36 PMEF1About 9 miles from Wichita Falls, TX10 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:15 PMEF0About 37 miles from Springfield, MO1.02 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:33 PMEF1About 59 miles from Fayetteville, AR4.1 mi long, 1100 yd wide
5:41 PMNot ratedAbout 42 miles from Springfield, MO0.53 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:15 PMEF0About 30 miles from Springfield, MO1.86 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:25 PMEF1About 12 miles from Denton, TX1.46 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:44 PMEF1About 42 miles from Springfield, MO8.57 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:48 PMEF0About 43 miles from Fayetteville, AR1.9 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:52 PMEF1In Denton, TX2.89 mi long, 250 yd wide
7:06 PMEF1About 44 miles from Springfield, MO3.05 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:30 PMEF1About 45 miles from Springfield, MO1.43 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:39 PMEF1About 35 miles from Springfield, MO0.6 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:40 PMEF1About 23 miles from Springfield, MO1.84 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:58 PMEF0About 54 miles from Springfield, MO2.41 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:15 PMEF1About 13 miles from Springfield, MO1.78 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:21 PMEF1About 12 miles from Springfield, MO1.71 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:28 PMEF2About 10 miles from Springfield, MO10.28 mi long, 400 yd wide
8:30 PMEF0About 38 miles from Springfield, MO1.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:35 PMEF1About 30 miles from Springfield, MO23.29 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:07 PMEF3About 59 miles from McKinney, TX27.6 mi long, 1400 yd wide
9:34 PMEF1Near 34.44, -96.25, OK0.75 mi long, 25 yd wide
9:35 PMEF1About 46 miles from Springfield, MO2.17 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:40 PMEF0About 46 miles from Springfield, MO2.86 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:51 PMEF1Near 37.32, -92.12, MO5.64 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:58 PMEF0Near 37.55, -91.97, MO6.04 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:03 PMEF0Near 37.98, -91.97, MO0.59 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:06 PMEF0Near 37.65, -91.85, MO5.08 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:17 PMEF0Near 37.03, -91.99, MO2.18 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:41 PMEF2Near 34.79, -95.65, OK10 mi long, 1300 yd wide
11:26 PMEF1Near 37.72, -90.80, MO0.06 mi long, 30 yd wide
11:51 PMEF1Near 34.90, -94.91, OK4.4 mi long, 1000 yd wide
6:08 AMEF1Near 37.06, -88.98, KY0.58 mi long, 85 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Missouri6683127
Texas413326
Oklahoma346820
Arkansas213171
Illinois5401
Kansas4031
Indiana1100
Kentucky1001

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
St. Louis, MO2.0 inNone0
Amarillo, TX1.75 inNone0
Midland, TX1.75 inNone0
Oklahoma City, OK1.0 inNone0
Denton, TXNoneNone2
Fort Worth, TXNone52 mph0
Lewisville, TXNoneNone1
Springfield, MONone70 mph3
Wichita Falls, TXNoneNone2

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