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Storm reports for April 9, 2021

NOAA recorded 328 hail reports, 159 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in 17 states on April 9, 2021.

in 17 states
495
Storm reports
About 26 miles from Pensacola, FL
4.0 in
Largest hail
Near 33.71, -94.39, AR
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 32 miles from Lafayette, LA
8
Tornado reports
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
  • 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 9, 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.

What happened

An EF3 tornado with winds estimated at 140 mph touched down on Bolden Road near Waxia in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, at about 1:06 a.m. CST on April 10, 2021.1 It damaged or destroyed 15 homes, rolled two mobile homes more than 100 yards and destroyed some barns and outbuildings.1 One man was killed and 7 people were injured.1

In North Texas, hail up to 3 inches fell near Italy in Ellis County at about 7:10 p.m. CST on April 9, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $20 million in property damage for that report.2 Earlier, at about 5:53 p.m. CST, hail from ping-pong-ball to baseball size fell in Venus in Johnson County.3 At about 2:20 a.m. CST on April 10, softball-size hail up to 4 inches across fell in Orange Beach, Alabama, the largest hailstone ever reported in Baldwin County.4 The hail badly damaged numerous vehicles and metal roofs in the area.4

Reports by hour

Hail328, most at 4 PM

Wind159, most at 12 AM

Tornado8, most at 8 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
8:04 PMEF1Near 33.07, -89.59, MS0.92 mi long, 250 yd wide
8:28 PMEF0About 22 miles from Jackson, MS11.02 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:31 PMEF1Near 33.62, -94.22, AR2.42 mi long, 150 yd wide
11:37 PMEF1About 55 miles from Jackson, MS4.37 mi long, 530 yd wide
12:31 AMEF1Near 31.30, -90.01, MS7.64 mi long, 1200 yd wide
1:26 AMEF1About 36 miles from Lafayette, LA3.64 mi long, 187 yd wide
2:06 AMEF3About 32 miles from Lafayette, LA8.71 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:23 AMEF1About 13 miles from Crestview, FL15.76 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Texas888260
Mississippi8629534
Arkansas6325371
Oklahoma545130
Alabama4833150
Louisiana4422202
Virginia312830
North Carolina282350
Missouri231850
Florida8341
Tennessee7610
West Virginia5500
Ohio4040
Illinois3120
Georgia1010
Kansas1100
South Carolina1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Arlington, TX2.0 inNone0
Dallas, TX2.0 inNone0
Grand Prairie, TX2.0 inNone0
Irving, TX2.0 inNone0
Lake Charles, LA1.25 inNone0
Mesquite, TX1.25 inNone0
Birmingham, AL1.0 inNone0
Carrollton, TX1.0 inNone0
Garland, TX1.0 inNone0
Gulfport, MS1.0 inNone0
Pensacola, FL1.0 in70 mph0
Plano, TX1.0 inNone0
Richardson, TX1.0 inNone0
Jackson, MS0.88 in60 mph0
Longview, TX0.88 inNone0
Shreveport, LA0.88 inNone0
Allen, TX0.75 inNone0
Tyler, TX0.75 inNone0
Baton Rouge, LANone86 mph0
Crestview, FLNone60 mph1
Daphne, ALNone64 mph0
Dayton, OHNone52 mph0
Fayetteville, ARNone60 mph0
Mobile, ALNone60 mph0
Slidell, LANone58 mph0
Virginia Beach, VANone58 mph0

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