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Storm reports for April 7, 2020

NOAA recorded 291 hail reports, 219 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in 14 states on April 7, 2020.

in 14 states
517
Storm reports
About 39 miles from Rockford, IL
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 36 miles from Erie, PA
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 24 miles from Cleveland, OH
7
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 7, 2020 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

Hail291, most at 8 PM

Wind219, most at 12 AM

Tornado7, most at 11 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:25 PMEF1About 24 miles from Cleveland, OH11.45 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:52 PMEF1About 5 miles from Akron, OH9.81 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:10 PMEF0About 10 miles from Canton, OH15.74 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:33 PMEF1About 19 miles from Youngstown, OH5.48 mi long, 250 yd wide
11:37 PMEF0About 23 miles from Youngstown, OH3.82 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:11 AMEF1About 16 miles from Pittsburgh, PA3.83 mi long, 250 yd wide
12:17 AMEF0About 18 miles from Pittsburgh, PA0.15 mi long, 75 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Ohio10947575
Pennsylvania1007912
Iowa737300
Michigan525020
Wisconsin434300
Virginia406340
Illinois393900
West Virginia3316170
Maryland141130
Indiana7520
New York3210
North Carolina2110
District of Columbia1010
South Carolina1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Rockford, IL3.0 inNone0
Cedar Rapids, IA2.75 inNone0
Milwaukee, WI2.75 inNone0
Cleveland, OH2.0 in63 mph0
Davenport, IA2.0 inNone0
Kalamazoo, MI2.0 inNone0
Ann Arbor, MI1.5 inNone0
Dayton, OH1.5 inNone0
Akron, OH1.0 in67 mph1
Canton, OH1.0 in69 mph1
Chicago, IL1.0 inNone0
Columbus, OH1.0 in52 mph0
Grand Rapids, MI1.0 inNone0
Lansing, MI1.0 inNone0
South Bend, IN1.0 in63 mph0
Spartanburg, SC1.0 inNone0
Toledo, OH1.0 inNone0
Youngstown, OH1.0 in69 mph0
Baltimore, MDNone58 mph0
Hagerstown, MDNone58 mph0
Lynchburg, VANone58 mph0
Pittsburgh, PANone75 mph0
Washington, DCNone63 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.