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Storm reports for April 8, 2020

NOAA recorded 287 hail reports, 469 wind reports and 25 tornado reports in 15 states on April 8, 2020.

in 15 states
781
Storm reports
Near 40.75, -91.35, IA
4.0 in
Largest hail
About 43 miles from Lexington, KY
96 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, near 35.66, -90.86, AR
25
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 8, 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

Hail287, most at 9 PM

Wind469, most at 9 PM

Tornado25, most at 9 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:22 PMEF0Near 31.07, -83.20, GA4.41 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:43 PMEF1About 17 miles from Indianapolis, IN0.97 mi long, 35 yd wide
7:47 PMEF0Near 35.74, -91.00, AR0.89 mi long, 30 yd wide
8:05 PMEF2Near 35.66, -90.86, AR9.33 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:59 PMEF1About 41 miles from Cincinnati, OH2.49 mi long, 450 yd wide
9:06 PMEF0About 40 miles from Cincinnati, OH0.18 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:08 PMEF0About 37 miles from Cincinnati, OH2.6 mi long, 220 yd wide
9:10 PMEF0About 33 miles from Cincinnati, OH0.96 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:11 PMEF0About 37 miles from Cincinnati, OH0.15 mi long, 60 yd wide
9:13 PMEF0About 27 miles from Cincinnati, OH5.25 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:13 PMEF0About 31 miles from Cincinnati, OH5.73 mi long, 450 yd wide
9:22 PMEF0About 9 miles from Cincinnati, OH6.2 mi long, 300 yd wide
Show all 25 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
9:27 PMEF0About 31 miles from Cincinnati, OH0.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:37 PMEF0About 9 miles from Cincinnati, OH3.3 mi long, 350 yd wide
9:40 PMEF1About 31 miles from Cincinnati, OH2.4 mi long, 500 yd wide
9:42 PMEF0About 22 miles from Cincinnati, OH1.2 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:47 PMEF1About 32 miles from Cincinnati, OH19.2 mi long, 400 yd wide
9:50 PMEF0About 22 miles from Cincinnati, OH8.8 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:53 PMEF0About 24 miles from Cincinnati, OH0.8 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:56 PMEF0About 28 miles from Cincinnati, OH2.4 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:01 PMEF0About 30 miles from Cincinnati, OH0.88 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:16 PMEF0About 41 miles from Lexington, KY1.03 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:20 PMEF1About 27 miles from Louisville, KY4 mi long, 45 yd wide
10:25 PMEF0About 44 miles from Lexington, KY1.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:33 PMEF1About 46 miles from Huntington, WV0.25 mi long, 125 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kentucky11628817
Ohio10944587
Indiana10519788
Illinois9836620
West Virginia6032280
Georgia538441
Alabama4915340
Tennessee4817310
Virginia3617190
North Carolina3515200
Missouri262330
Arkansas232102
Iowa101000
Mississippi9270
South Carolina4040

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Cincinnati, OH1.5 in90 mph2
Charlotte, NC1.0 inNone0
Huntsville, AL1.0 inNone0
Nashville, TN1.0 in58 mph0
Raleigh, NC1.0 in58 mph0
Clarksville, TN0.75 in70 mph0
Columbus, GA0.75 in63 mph0
Indianapolis, IN0.75 in71 mph0
Peoria, IL0.75 inNone0
Greenville, SCNone69 mph0
Huntington, WVNone58 mph0
Louisville, KYNone60 mph0

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