Storm reports for April 7, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, April 7, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 10 hail reports, 46 wind reports and 18 tornado reports in 8 states on April 7, 2021.

in 8 states; 74
Storm reports: About 46 miles from Little Rock, AR; 1.5 in
Largest hail: Near 32.99, -92.67, LA; 85 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 20 miles from Shreveport, LA; 18
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

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, 2021 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

Hail10, most at 2 PM

Wind46, most at 5 PM

Tornado18, most at 8 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:33 PM	EF1	About 20 miles from Shreveport, LA	0.9 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:35 PM	EF1	About 27 miles from Shreveport, LA	13.25 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:48 PM	EF0	Near 32.55, -92.40, LA	2.81 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:30 PM	EF1	Near 32.80, -91.95, LA	8.16 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:06 PM	EF1	Near 32.92, -91.57, LA	2.69 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:16 PM	EF1	Near 32.97, -91.42, LA	9.21 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:24 PM	EF0	Near 33.07, -91.37, AR	2.63 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:36 PM	EF0	About 3 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	0.65 mi long, 40 yd wide
9:13 PM	EF1	Near 31.13, -92.37, LA	0.88 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:52 PM	EF1	Near 31.08, -92.05, LA	1.79 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:16 PM	EF1	Near 31.10, -91.87, LA	3.42 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:18 AM	EF0	About 20 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	1.97 mi long, 25 yd wide

Show all 18 tornado reports

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:26 AM	EF0	About 26 miles from Slidell, LA	1.4 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:45 AM	EF0	About 16 miles from Slidell, LA	1.75 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:51 AM	EF0	About 10 miles from Slidell, LA	6.53 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:26 AM	EF0	About 11 miles from Slidell, LA	0.71 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:00 AM	EF1	About 22 miles from New Orleans, LA	2.34 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:24 AM	Not rated	About 23 miles from New Orleans, LA	0.85 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
7:04 AM	1.0 in	Near 38.70, -92.50, MO
7:12 AM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Springfield, MO
7:18 AM	0.75 in	About 9 miles from Springfield, MO
2:00 PM	1.0 in	About 36 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:35 PM	1.5 in	About 46 miles from Little Rock, AR
2:35 PM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Little Rock, AR
2:41 PM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Little Rock, AR
2:45 PM	0.75 in	In Little Rock, AR
2:47 PM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Little Rock, AR
2:55 PM	0.88 in	About 7 miles from Little Rock, AR

Time	Gust	Where
2:35 PM	58 mph	Near 38.28, -93.28, MO
2:40 PM	60 mph	About 13 miles from Springfield, MO
2:55 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Springfield, MO
3:15 PM	61 mph	Near 38.57, -92.84, MO
3:45 PM	70 mph	About 57 miles from Little Rock, AR
3:56 PM	58 mph	Near 38.10, -92.53, MO
4:00 PM	64 mph	About 9 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:47 PM	64 mph	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:48 PM	81 mph	Near 32.99, -92.66, LA
4:48 PM	85 mph	Near 32.99, -92.67, LA
4:57 PM	70 mph	Near 39.69, -92.05, MO
5:00 PM	75 mph	Near 31.18, -94.37, TX

Show all 46 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
5:10 PM	70 mph	Near 39.80, -92.05, MO
5:16 PM	58 mph	About 59 miles from Little Rock, AR
5:20 PM	64 mph	Near 31.13, -94.10, TX
5:25 PM	64 mph	Near 39.54, -91.55, MO
5:25 PM	64 mph	Near 40.12, -91.92, MO
5:41 PM	58 mph	Near 31.00, -94.09, TX
5:50 PM	70 mph	Near 39.59, -91.45, MO
5:58 PM	60 mph	About 50 miles from St. Louis, MO
6:12 PM	70 mph	About 33 miles from St. Louis, MO
6:18 PM	61 mph	Near 39.95, -91.20, IL
6:29 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Memphis, TN
6:30 PM	70 mph	Near 40.27, -91.18, IL
6:38 PM	62 mph	About 22 miles from St. Louis, MO
6:40 PM	70 mph	Near 40.04, -91.07, IL
6:41 PM	58 mph	Near 31.12, -93.41, LA
6:50 PM	60 mph	Near 40.25, -90.95, IL
7:02 PM	60 mph	Near 32.74, -92.30, LA
7:30 PM	70 mph	About 58 miles from Davenport, IA
7:50 PM	75 mph	About 27 miles from Davenport, IA
8:05 PM	60 mph	Near 39.71, -89.65, IL
8:05 PM	60 mph	Near 39.71, -89.67, IL
8:07 PM	60 mph	Near 39.81, -89.68, IL
8:20 PM	58 mph	Near 36.07, -90.52, AR
8:35 PM	61 mph	Near 33.05, -91.22, AR
8:35 PM	64 mph	About 41 miles from St. Louis, MO
8:48 PM	63 mph	Near 33.03, -91.03, MS
9:52 PM	58 mph	Near 31.11, -92.06, LA
9:55 PM	58 mph	Near 34.54, -88.90, MS
9:55 PM	58 mph	Near 34.49, -88.94, MS
12:20 AM	55 mph	About 6 miles from Nashville, TN
2:29 AM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Slidell, LA
2:30 AM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Slidell, LA
2:30 AM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Slidell, LA
2:33 AM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Slidell, LA

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Louisiana	27	1	11	15
Missouri	17	3	14	0
Arkansas	12	6	5	1
Illinois	9	0	9	0
Mississippi	4	0	3	1
Texas	3	0	3	0
Iowa	1	0	0	1
Tennessee	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
Little Rock, AR	1.0 in	None	0
Springfield, MO	1.0 in	60 mph	0
Cedar Rapids, IA	None	None	1
Nashville, TN	None	55 mph	0
Shreveport, LA	None	64 mph	0
Slidell, LA	None	None	2

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