Storm reports for April 21, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, April 21, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 81 hail reports, 72 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in 11 states on April 21, 2020.

in 11 states; 156
Storm reports: Near 34.78, -98.29, OK; 3.0 in
Largest hail: Near 34.21, -97.25, OK; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 56 miles from Norman, OK; 3
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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 21, 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

Hail81, most at 11 PM

Wind72, most at 1 PM

Tornado3, most at 11 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:05 PM	EF0	About 40 miles from Trenton, NJ	0.41 mi long, 20 yd wide
11:28 PM	EF1	About 56 miles from Norman, OK	0.29 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:43 PM	EF1	About 53 miles from Norman, OK	1.6 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
1:06 PM	0.75 in	About 34 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:22 PM	0.75 in	About 17 miles from New York, NY
1:36 PM	0.75 in	About 22 miles from Trenton, NJ
1:52 PM	0.75 in	About 26 miles from Trenton, NJ
1:53 PM	0.75 in	About 21 miles from Trenton, NJ
2:20 PM	0.75 in	About 17 miles from Atlantic City, NJ
5:03 PM	0.75 in	Near 36.21, -101.44, TX
5:45 PM	0.75 in	Near 36.16, -102.24, TX
6:48 PM	1.25 in	Near 35.85, -100.40, TX
6:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.90, -100.38, TX
7:27 PM	2.0 in	Near 35.80, -100.06, TX
7:31 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.79, -100.20, TX

Show all 81 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
7:42 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
7:49 PM	1.75 in	Near 35.75, -100.16, TX
7:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.41, -99.66, OK
8:02 PM	1.75 in	Near 35.74, -99.92, OK
8:03 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.77, -100.39, TX
8:15 PM	0.88 in	Near 35.41, -99.52, OK
8:18 PM	1.75 in	Near 35.69, -99.76, OK
8:30 PM	2.5 in	Near 35.65, -99.93, OK
8:34 PM	2.0 in	Near 35.43, -99.37, OK
8:35 PM	2.0 in	Near 35.41, -99.42, OK
9:05 PM	1.25 in	Near 35.38, -99.33, OK
9:05 PM	2.5 in	Near 35.43, -99.38, OK
9:06 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
9:31 PM	1.5 in	About 47 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
9:36 PM	2.5 in	Near 35.28, -99.13, OK
9:38 PM	1.75 in	About 51 miles from Abilene, TX
9:39 PM	1.25 in	Near 35.30, -99.71, OK
9:40 PM	1.75 in	Near 35.29, -99.63, OK
9:49 PM	2.75 in	Near 35.31, -99.64, OK
10:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.20, -98.94, OK
10:08 PM	1.75 in	Near 35.19, -98.88, OK
10:32 PM	1.75 in	About 31 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
10:33 PM	1.0 in	About 27 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
10:36 PM	2.5 in	About 43 miles from Abilene, TX
10:44 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.03, -99.09, OK
10:45 PM	1.5 in	About 40 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
10:47 PM	2.0 in	About 28 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
10:47 PM	2.5 in	About 32 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
11:11 PM	3.0 in	Near 34.78, -98.29, OK
11:12 PM	1.75 in	About 24 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
11:15 PM	1.75 in	Near 34.78, -98.26, OK
11:19 PM	1.75 in	About 55 miles from Norman, OK
11:22 PM	2.0 in	Near 34.89, -98.86, OK
11:25 PM	2.0 in	About 58 miles from Norman, OK
11:29 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
11:45 PM	2.75 in	About 20 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
11:47 PM	1.5 in	Near 34.78, -98.57, OK
11:57 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
12:04 AM	1.0 in	About 56 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
12:10 AM	1.0 in	About 57 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
12:15 AM	1.25 in	About 52 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
12:17 AM	1.75 in	About 52 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
12:18 AM	1.25 in	About 52 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
12:33 AM	0.88 in	About 55 miles from Norman, OK
12:55 AM	1.0 in	About 59 miles from Norman, OK
1:12 AM	1.75 in	Near 34.32, -97.00, OK
1:20 AM	1.75 in	About 52 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
1:30 AM	1.0 in	Near 34.34, -96.76, OK
1:48 AM	1.0 in	Near 34.24, -96.59, OK
2:00 AM	2.0 in	Near 34.24, -96.56, OK
2:02 AM	1.0 in	Near 34.27, -96.50, OK
2:12 AM	1.0 in	Near 34.23, -97.49, OK
2:15 AM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Amarillo, TX
2:20 AM	2.0 in	Near 34.13, -96.27, OK
2:27 AM	1.0 in	Near 37.04, -100.92, KS
2:35 AM	1.75 in	Near 34.23, -97.20, OK
2:37 AM	1.0 in	Near 33.96, -93.86, AR
2:40 AM	1.25 in	Near 37.09, -100.80, KS
2:50 AM	1.0 in	Near 34.23, -96.39, OK
3:29 AM	1.5 in	About 35 miles from Amarillo, TX
3:29 AM	1.0 in	About 44 miles from Amarillo, TX
3:35 AM	1.5 in	About 40 miles from Amarillo, TX
3:35 AM	1.0 in	About 48 miles from Amarillo, TX
4:04 AM	0.88 in	Near 36.19, -101.20, TX
4:05 AM	0.75 in	Near 36.19, -101.20, TX
4:06 AM	0.75 in	Near 36.19, -101.19, TX
4:38 AM	1.75 in	Near 36.13, -100.00, OK
5:33 AM	1.0 in	Near 36.40, -97.88, OK
5:35 AM	1.0 in	Near 36.34, -97.90, OK

Time	Gust	Where
12:18 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Reading, PA
12:26 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Philadelphia, PA
12:54 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Philadelphia, PA
12:58 PM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:00 PM	66 mph	About 19 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:02 PM	63 mph	About 6 miles from Trenton, NJ
1:05 PM	61 mph	About 10 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:07 PM	59 mph	About 10 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:07 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:08 PM	63 mph	About 26 miles from Baltimore, MD
1:08 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Baltimore, MD
1:08 PM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Philadelphia, PA

Show all 72 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
1:10 PM	75 mph	About 9 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:13 PM	60 mph	About 16 miles from New York, NY
1:14 PM	63 mph	About 9 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:15 PM	63 mph	About 10 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:16 PM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:16 PM	58 mph	In Trenton, NJ
1:16 PM	58 mph	In Trenton, NJ
1:20 PM	60 mph	About 14 miles from New York, NY
1:20 PM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:20 PM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:20 PM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Trenton, NJ
1:22 PM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Baltimore, MD
1:23 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Baltimore, MD
1:23 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Baltimore, MD
1:30 PM	60 mph	About 26 miles from Trenton, NJ
1:35 PM	71 mph	About 15 miles from New York, NY
1:35 PM	63 mph	About 18 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:36 PM	63 mph	About 18 miles from Trenton, NJ
1:38 PM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Trenton, NJ
1:40 PM	63 mph	About 20 miles from Trenton, NJ
1:48 PM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Trenton, NJ
1:50 PM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Trenton, NJ
1:50 PM	58 mph	About 52 miles from Baltimore, MD
1:51 PM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:51 PM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Philadelphia, PA
1:56 PM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Atlantic City, NJ
1:58 PM	63 mph	About 37 miles from New York, NY
2:00 PM	63 mph	About 35 miles from Trenton, NJ
2:02 PM	76 mph	About 38 miles from New York, NY
2:03 PM	69 mph	About 37 miles from Trenton, NJ
2:04 PM	63 mph	About 38 miles from Trenton, NJ
2:04 PM	63 mph	About 37 miles from Trenton, NJ
2:04 PM	63 mph	About 38 miles from New York, NY
2:08 PM	75 mph	About 35 miles from Trenton, NJ
2:08 PM	63 mph	About 33 miles from Atlantic City, NJ
2:10 PM	58 mph	Near 38.49, -75.83, MD
2:18 PM	60 mph	About 9 miles from Atlantic City, NJ
2:25 PM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Atlantic City, NJ
2:26 PM	63 mph	About 9 miles from Atlantic City, NJ
2:27 PM	69 mph	About 40 miles from Atlantic City, NJ
2:29 PM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Atlantic City, NJ
2:30 PM	69 mph	About 15 miles from Atlantic City, NJ
2:30 PM	64 mph	About 55 miles from Atlantic City, NJ
2:35 PM	63 mph	About 39 miles from Atlantic City, NJ
3:01 PM	58 mph	Near 38.37, -75.25, MD
3:03 PM	58 mph	Near 38.39, -75.17, MD
3:14 PM	68 mph	About 21 miles from New Haven, CT
3:20 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Richmond, VA
3:25 PM	61 mph	About 30 miles from Norwich, CT
3:40 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Norwich, CT
9:16 PM	64 mph	Near 35.35, -99.20, OK
9:24 PM	68 mph	Near 35.34, -99.21, OK
9:59 PM	59 mph	Near 35.34, -99.21, OK
10:57 PM	60 mph	Near 35.01, -99.07, OK
11:00 PM	70 mph	About 27 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
11:12 PM	60 mph	Near 34.79, -98.32, OK
12:10 AM	60 mph	About 54 miles from Norman, OK
12:25 AM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Norman, OK
2:20 AM	60 mph	Near 34.24, -96.68, OK
2:35 AM	81 mph	Near 34.21, -97.25, OK

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Oklahoma	63	51	10	2
New Jersey	46	5	40	1
Texas	21	21	0	0
Maryland	8	0	8	0
Delaware	5	1	4	0
Pennsylvania	5	0	5	0
New York	3	0	3	0
Kansas	2	2	0	0
Arkansas	1	1	0	0
Connecticut	1	0	1	0
Virginia	1	0	1	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Wichita Falls, TX	1.0 in	None
Atlantic City, NJ	None	69 mph
New York, NY	None	71 mph
Philadelphia, PA	None	75 mph
Trenton, NJ	None	63 mph

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