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Storm reports for April 19, 2020

NOAA recorded 68 hail reports, 167 wind reports and 22 tornado reports in 10 states on April 19, 2020.

in 10 states
257
Storm reports
About 54 miles from Jackson, MS
2.0 in
Largest hail
About 45 miles from Crestview, FL
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, about 55 miles from Slidell, LA
22
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 19, 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.

What happened

On the evening of April 19, 2020, an EF4 tornado touched down in Walthall County, Mississippi, at about 7:09 p.m. CDT and tracked 54 miles east-northeast through Marion, Lamar and Forrest counties.1,2 In Marion County it destroyed a home and several mobile homes, badly damaged roofs on other homes, and killed one person.2 Farther east it damaged about a dozen homes in western Lamar County and the roofs of buildings at Camp Shelby.2

Late that night in southeast Alabama, an EF2 tornado with winds near 125 mph damaged several homes in Tumbleton, Henry County, at about 11:40 p.m. CDT and destroyed a double-wide mobile home, killing one person.3 About 20 minutes earlier, an EF1 tornado with winds near 105 mph damaged roofs in Ozark.4

That morning, golf ball size hail fell in Fort Worth, Texas, near Interstate 30 and Hulen Street at about 10:16 a.m. CDT.5 Hail up to 2 inches across fell in western Newton County, Mississippi, at about 2:40 p.m. CDT.6

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Walthall County, MS
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Marion County, MS
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Tumbleton, Henry County, AL
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Ozark, Dale County, AL
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Newton County, MS

Reports by hour

Hail68, most at 10 AM

Wind167, most at 11 PM

Tornado22, most at 11 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:17 PMEF1Near 31.66, -92.49, LA2 mi long, 500 yd wide
4:50 PMEF1Near 31.17, -93.33, LA5.34 mi long, 500 yd wide
7:09 PMEF4About 55 miles from Slidell, LA53.76 mi long, 2275 yd wide
9:50 PMEF1About 30 miles from Slidell, LA4.41 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:13 PMEF1About 19 miles from Slidell, LA3.05 mi long, 300 yd wide
10:28 PMEF0About 23 miles from Gulfport, MS1.77 mi long, 25 yd wide
10:47 PMEF0About 25 miles from Mobile, AL0.45 mi long, 10 yd wide
10:49 PMEF2About 43 miles from Crestview, FL1.21 mi long, 300 yd wide
10:53 PMEF0About 25 miles from Mobile, AL2 mi long, 150 yd wide
10:55 PMEF1About 16 miles from Mobile, AL8.9 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:03 PMEF0About 58 miles from Montgomery, AL4.4 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:05 PMEF1About 18 miles from Mobile, AL1.3 mi long, 75 yd wide
Show all 22 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
11:06 PMEF1About 6 miles from Mobile, AL3.17 mi long, 75 yd wide
11:20 PMEF1Near 31.46, -85.63, AL24.37 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:32 PMEF0About 53 miles from Crestview, FL1.82 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:40 PMEF2Near 31.40, -85.28, AL5.18 mi long, 300 yd wide
11:42 PMEF1Near 31.21, -85.46, AL0.71 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:45 PMEF1Near 31.40, -85.21, AL1.49 mi long, 500 yd wide
11:46 PMEF1About 18 miles from Daphne, AL0.47 mi long, 300 yd wide
11:46 PMEF1Near 31.45, -85.26, AL6.45 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:07 AMEF0About 12 miles from Pensacola, FL0.19 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:10 AMEF2Near 31.42, -84.00, GA8.72 mi long, 500 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Alabama7726312
Texas5341120
Mississippi4711315
Georgia313271
Florida170161
Louisiana161123
Kansas6600
South Carolina6060
Arkansas2200
Oklahoma2200

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Arlington, TX1.75 inNone0
Fort Worth, TX1.75 inNone0
Katy, TX1.75 inNone0
Waco, TX1.75 inNone0
Carrollton, TX1.5 inNone0
Dallas, TX1.5 inNone0
Grand Prairie, TX1.5 inNone0
Irving, TX1.5 inNone0
Tomball, TX1.5 inNone0
Jackson, MS1.0 in58 mph0
Crestview, FLNone60 mph0
Daphne, ALNone81 mph0
Hilton Head Island, SCNone58 mph0
Mobile, ALNone81 mph1
Pensacola, FLNone81 mph1
Tallahassee, FLNone58 mph0

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