Storm reports for April 22, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, April 22, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 92 hail reports, 90 wind reports and 33 tornado reports in 8 states on April 22, 2020.

in 8 states; 215
Storm reports: Near 34.14, -96.50, OK; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 41 miles from Jackson, MS; 100 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, about 40 miles from Conroe, TX; 33
Tornado reports

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

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 22, 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 afternoon of April 22, 2020, an EF3 tornado touched down by Lake Livingston and crossed Onalaska, Texas, at about 5:35 p.m. CDT, with winds that may have reached 140 mph.¹ In Onalaska it killed 3 people, injured 33 and affected 291 homes, destroying 46 of them.¹ Storm Events lists $5 million in property damage along its 28-mile path across Polk County.¹

About 40 minutes earlier, an EF2 tornado crossed the south side of Madill, Oklahoma, damaging houses and industrial buildings and killing 2 people.² At about 8:35 a.m. CDT, ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles and home roofs near Prattville in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, and at about 1:48 p.m. CDT golf ball size hail did the same in Greenwood, Arkansas.^3,4

In central Louisiana, an EF2 tornado near Lecompte destroyed two mobile homes at about 9:26 p.m. CDT, killing one person, and damaged other homes and farm buildings.⁵ Early on April 23, another EF2 tornado caused considerable damage to hangars and aircraft at the Bunkie airport.⁶

Sources

1. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Onalaska, Polk County, TX
2. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Madill, Marshall County, OK
3. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Prattville, Tulsa County, OK
4. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hail, Greenwood, Sebastian County, AR
5. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Lecompte, Rapides Parish, LA
6. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Tornado, Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, LA

Reports by hour

Hail92, most at 3 PM

Wind90, most at 10 PM

Tornado33, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:17 PM	EF1	About 39 miles from Norman, OK	2.2 mi long, 600 yd wide
4:23 PM	EF0	Near 34.33, -97.14, OK	0.1 mi long, 20 yd wide
4:24 PM	EF2	Near 34.34, -97.13, OK	4.73 mi long, 600 yd wide
4:45 PM	Not rated	About 59 miles from McKinney, TX	0.2 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:53 PM	EF2	Near 34.07, -96.81, OK	4.25 mi long, 400 yd wide
5:10 PM	EF0	About 60 miles from McKinney, TX	1.4 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:26 PM	EF1	Near 34.39, -96.50, OK	5 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:32 PM	EF1	Near 34.07, -96.39, OK	5.21 mi long, 500 yd wide
5:35 PM	EF3	About 40 miles from Conroe, TX	28.51 mi long, 1100 yd wide
5:52 PM	EF1	Near 34.07, -96.22, OK	1.2 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:59 PM	EF0	Near 34.42, -96.30, OK	0.1 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:35 PM	EF1	Near 33.81, -95.73, TX	4.45 mi long, 510 yd wide

Show all 33 tornado reports

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:51 PM	EF2	Near 33.82, -95.48, TX	10.4 mi long, 810 yd wide
7:28 PM	EF2	Near 30.93, -93.90, TX	36.42 mi long, 600 yd wide
9:09 PM	EF2	Near 31.13, -92.68, LA	8.43 mi long, 500 yd wide
9:26 PM	EF2	Near 31.16, -92.46, LA	8.98 mi long, 550 yd wide
9:27 PM	EF1	Near 31.12, -92.44, LA	3.85 mi long, 500 yd wide
9:42 PM	EF1	Near 31.22, -92.26, LA	5.36 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:06 PM	EF1	Near 31.24, -91.97, LA	7.61 mi long, 1200 yd wide
10:17 PM	EF1	Near 31.29, -91.88, LA	4.01 mi long, 880 yd wide
1:08 AM	EF2	About 53 miles from Lafayette, LA	3.62 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:20 AM	EF1	About 53 miles from Lafayette, LA	1.13 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:51 AM	EF1	About 28 miles from Lafayette, LA	9.53 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:57 AM	EF0	About 11 miles from Jackson, MS	11.43 mi long, 1230 yd wide
3:04 AM	EF2	About 57 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	20.01 mi long, 700 yd wide
3:20 AM	EF2	Near 31.25, -90.55, MS	6.83 mi long, 700 yd wide
3:57 AM	EF0	Near 31.32, -90.04, MS	6.49 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:14 AM	EF2	Near 31.76, -89.22, MS	16.85 mi long, 2640 yd wide
4:33 AM	EF1	Near 31.81, -88.88, MS	1.8 mi long, 350 yd wide
6:17 AM	EF1	About 36 miles from Mobile, AL	2.26 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:23 AM	EF1	About 31 miles from Mobile, AL	0.38 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:24 AM	EF1	About 31 miles from Mobile, AL	1.45 mi long, 250 yd wide
6:37 AM	EF1	About 24 miles from Mobile, AL	0.55 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
7:10 AM	1.5 in	About 52 miles from Tulsa, OK
8:20 AM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Tulsa, OK
8:31 AM	1.25 in	About 7 miles from Tulsa, OK
8:35 AM	1.5 in	About 12 miles from Tulsa, OK
8:38 AM	1.75 in	About 12 miles from Tulsa, OK
8:40 AM	1.5 in	About 10 miles from Tulsa, OK
8:43 AM	1.0 in	About 4 miles from Tulsa, OK
8:45 AM	2.0 in	About 5 miles from Tulsa, OK
8:45 AM	1.75 in	About 7 miles from Tulsa, OK
8:46 AM	1.25 in	About 5 miles from Tulsa, OK
8:46 AM	1.75 in	About 4 miles from Tulsa, OK
8:49 AM	1.5 in	About 5 miles from Tulsa, OK

Show all 92 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
8:50 AM	1.25 in	In Tulsa, OK
9:20 AM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Norman, OK
9:21 AM	1.0 in	About 47 miles from Wichita Falls, TX
10:20 AM	2.5 in	Near 34.17, -96.83, OK
10:20 AM	1.0 in	Near 34.19, -96.88, OK
10:26 AM	0.88 in	About 10 miles from Austin, TX
10:34 AM	0.75 in	About 9 miles from Austin, TX
10:35 AM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Round Rock, TX
10:37 AM	1.0 in	Near 34.24, -96.68, OK
11:15 AM	0.88 in	Near 34.32, -96.17, OK
11:45 AM	1.0 in	About 10 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
11:46 AM	1.25 in	About 55 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:50 AM	1.25 in	Near 31.69, -93.30, LA
11:53 AM	1.75 in	About 59 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:55 AM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
11:55 AM	1.0 in	About 4 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
11:58 AM	1.0 in	Near 31.71, -93.21, LA
12:00 PM	0.75 in	About 55 miles from Tulsa, OK
12:04 PM	1.5 in	About 4 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
12:12 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.87, -93.00, LA
12:15 PM	0.75 in	Near 33.21, -92.66, AR
12:19 PM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Oklahoma City, OK
12:29 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Tulsa, OK
12:37 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.74, -93.13, LA
12:40 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.59, -93.27, LA
12:44 PM	1.0 in	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.00, -94.72, OK
1:20 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.75, -92.84, LA
1:21 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.56, -97.99, OK
1:27 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.81, -92.74, LA
1:48 PM	1.75 in	About 59 miles from Fayetteville, AR
1:50 PM	0.75 in	Near 31.88, -92.59, LA
1:58 PM	0.75 in	Near 34.85, -99.02, OK
2:15 PM	0.75 in	About 50 miles from Tulsa, OK
2:39 PM	1.75 in	About 57 miles from Tyler, TX
3:09 PM	1.5 in	Near 36.62, -97.28, OK
3:11 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.65, -97.26, OK
3:12 PM	1.5 in	Near 34.78, -98.26, OK
3:14 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.77, -98.28, OK
3:17 PM	1.5 in	Near 36.68, -97.28, OK
3:28 PM	1.75 in	About 52 miles from Tyler, TX
3:28 PM	1.25 in	About 52 miles from Tyler, TX
3:34 PM	2.0 in	About 59 miles from Tyler, TX
3:39 PM	1.75 in	Near 31.58, -94.75, TX
3:41 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.57, -94.70, TX
3:41 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.57, -94.68, TX
3:47 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Norman, OK
3:48 PM	1.0 in	Near 35.15, -93.81, AR
4:40 PM	0.88 in	About 44 miles from McKinney, TX
5:06 PM	0.75 in	About 50 miles from Norman, OK
5:08 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Norman, OK
5:12 PM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from Conroe, TX
5:15 PM	2.75 in	Near 34.14, -96.50, OK
5:20 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Conroe, TX
5:26 PM	2.0 in	About 42 miles from Conroe, TX
5:45 PM	0.88 in	About 24 miles from Longview, TX
6:07 PM	1.25 in	About 5 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:09 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.00, -95.91, OK
7:40 PM	2.5 in	Near 30.99, -93.80, TX
7:58 PM	0.75 in	Near 34.67, -94.85, OK
8:45 PM	1.5 in	About 60 miles from Jackson, MS
9:20 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.90, -94.25, AR
9:51 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.94, -93.85, AR
9:56 PM	1.0 in	About 52 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:01 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.95, -93.79, AR
10:16 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Jackson, MS
10:19 PM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Jackson, MS
10:58 PM	1.0 in	About 44 miles from Jackson, MS
11:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.27, -90.88, MS
11:39 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.45, -90.65, MS
11:55 PM	1.25 in	Near 33.64, -90.35, MS
12:05 AM	1.25 in	Near 32.10, -91.71, LA
12:47 AM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Lake Charles, LA
12:49 AM	1.0 in	About 10 miles from Lake Charles, LA
2:50 AM	1.5 in	About 27 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
2:57 AM	1.25 in	About 23 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:00 AM	1.5 in	About 18 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:18 AM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:20 AM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:36 AM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Baton Rouge, LA

Time	Gust	Where
1:55 PM	60 mph	Near 31.31, -94.38, TX
2:26 PM	60 mph	Near 31.43, -95.76, TX
2:39 PM	60 mph	About 26 miles from Tyler, TX
2:40 PM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Tyler, TX
2:44 PM	70 mph	Near 31.49, -93.69, LA
2:48 PM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Tyler, TX
2:55 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Tyler, TX
4:24 PM	60 mph	About 42 miles from Norman, OK
4:27 PM	75 mph	Near 31.50, -94.30, TX
4:35 PM	70 mph	Near 31.53, -92.41, LA
5:18 PM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:42 PM	64 mph	About 10 miles from Shreveport, LA

Show all 90 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
6:06 PM	64 mph	About 5 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:13 PM	70 mph	Near 38.48, -101.08, KS
6:20 PM	64 mph	About 6 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:20 PM	64 mph	Near 38.45, -101.07, KS
6:30 PM	64 mph	About 24 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:34 PM	58 mph	Near 31.41, -91.58, LA
6:35 PM	64 mph	About 32 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:15 PM	60 mph	Near 32.83, -104.42, NM
7:43 PM	58 mph	Near 32.05, -91.82, LA
7:55 PM	58 mph	Near 32.05, -91.66, LA
8:00 PM	58 mph	Near 31.85, -91.66, LA
8:33 PM	58 mph	Near 31.69, -91.34, MS
8:36 PM	58 mph	Near 31.75, -91.22, MS
8:45 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Jackson, MS
9:00 PM	58 mph	About 49 miles from Jackson, MS
9:10 PM	64 mph	About 50 miles from Shreveport, LA
9:14 PM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Jackson, MS
9:46 PM	70 mph	Near 33.95, -93.88, AR
9:56 PM	64 mph	About 52 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:05 PM	64 mph	About 55 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:05 PM	100 mph	About 41 miles from Jackson, MS
10:07 PM	64 mph	About 53 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:08 PM	64 mph	Near 32.06, -92.87, LA
10:10 PM	64 mph	About 57 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:13 PM	64 mph	About 58 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:14 PM	62 mph	About 53 miles from Jackson, MS
10:15 PM	64 mph	Near 32.10, -92.76, LA
10:19 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Jackson, MS
10:29 PM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Jackson, MS
10:35 PM	100 mph	About 39 miles from Jackson, MS
10:38 PM	87 mph	About 39 miles from Jackson, MS
10:47 PM	100 mph	About 43 miles from Jackson, MS
10:56 PM	64 mph	Near 32.53, -92.15, LA
11:01 PM	58 mph	Near 31.51, -91.07, MS
11:01 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Jackson, MS
11:02 PM	100 mph	About 49 miles from Jackson, MS
11:32 PM	100 mph	Near 31.75, -89.40, MS
11:54 PM	58 mph	Near 32.16, -91.72, LA
12:14 AM	58 mph	Near 32.09, -91.53, LA
12:26 AM	58 mph	About 57 miles from Jackson, MS
12:47 AM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Jackson, MS
12:57 AM	60 mph	Near 31.88, -91.70, LA
1:15 AM	58 mph	About 52 miles from Lafayette, LA
1:15 AM	69 mph	About 45 miles from Jackson, MS
1:15 AM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Lake Charles, LA
1:30 AM	62 mph	About 59 miles from Jackson, MS
1:31 AM	58 mph	About 8 miles from Jackson, MS
1:41 AM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Jackson, MS
1:50 AM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Jackson, MS
1:59 AM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Jackson, MS
2:06 AM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Jackson, MS
2:10 AM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Jackson, MS
2:20 AM	60 mph	About 47 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
2:28 AM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Jackson, MS
2:40 AM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Jackson, MS
2:50 AM	58 mph	Near 31.49, -90.81, MS
2:59 AM	58 mph	Near 31.50, -90.65, MS
3:01 AM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:13 AM	60 mph	About 15 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:15 AM	60 mph	About 14 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:18 AM	60 mph	About 6 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:18 AM	60 mph	About 7 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:21 AM	58 mph	Near 32.31, -88.76, MS
3:25 AM	60 mph	Near 31.25, -90.47, MS
3:26 AM	60 mph	Near 31.25, -90.47, MS
4:03 AM	58 mph	Near 31.27, -90.01, MS
4:16 AM	58 mph	Near 31.78, -89.17, MS
4:45 AM	63 mph	Near 31.85, -88.72, MS
4:45 AM	81 mph	Near 31.80, -88.66, MS
5:06 AM	60 mph	Near 31.94, -88.34, AL
5:06 AM	60 mph	Near 31.77, -88.33, AL
5:22 AM	60 mph	Near 31.76, -88.09, AL
5:36 AM	60 mph	Near 31.80, -87.82, AL
5:36 AM	60 mph	Near 31.82, -87.84, AL
6:06 AM	70 mph	About 35 miles from Gulfport, MS
6:09 AM	60 mph	Near 31.83, -87.32, AL
6:43 AM	60 mph	About 29 miles from Mobile, AL
6:49 AM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Gulfport, MS

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Louisiana	61	22	30	9
Mississippi	55	7	39	9
Oklahoma	51	40	1	10
Texas	30	17	9	4
Alabama	8	0	7	1
Arkansas	7	6	1	0
Kansas	2	0	2	0
New Mexico	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	Tornado reports
Tulsa, OK	2.0 in	None	0
Oklahoma City, OK	1.5 in	None	0
Shreveport, LA	1.25 in	64 mph	0
Austin, TX	1.0 in	None	0
Baton Rouge, LA	1.0 in	60 mph	0
Georgetown, TX	1.0 in	None	0
Lake Charles, LA	1.0 in	None	0
Round Rock, TX	1.0 in	None	0
Jackson, MS	None	58 mph	1

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