Storm reports for April 4, 2022

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, April 4, 2022
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 50 hail reports, 58 wind reports and 9 tornado reports in 7 states on April 4, 2022.

in 7 states; 117
Storm reports: Near 32.30, -87.78, AL; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 8 miles from Tyler, TX; 100 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 21 miles from Fort Worth, TX; 9
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path
Surveyed wind damage

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; 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
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
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 4, 2022 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. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

What happened

On April 4, 2022, golf ball size hail near Sebring in Highlands County, Florida, broke windows and punctured siding on homes and shattered car windshields. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $500,000 in property damage there.¹ Hail about 2 inches across was reported in LaBelle in Hendry County.²

In North Texas that night, an EF2 tornado with winds of 110 to 115 mph tracked nearly 10 miles near Joshua in Johnson County, damaging manufactured homes and metal buildings and tearing most of the roof off a house. One person was injured.³ Straight-line winds damaged mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings north of Venus, with $500,000 in damage listed, and damaged barns, sheds and roofs near Midlothian, with $600,000 listed.^4,5 Shortly after midnight, a downburst with winds near 100 mph hit Whitehouse in Smith County. Trees fell on at least four homes, and one man was killed when a pine tree fell on an RV.⁶

Before dawn on April 5, hail up to 2.1 inches fell in Rankin County, Mississippi, from the Brandon Reservoir area northeast, with $500,000 in property damage listed.⁷ In Alabama, egg to baseball size hail near Linden in Marengo County shattered the windows of several vehicles.⁸

Sources

1. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Highlands County, FL hail, April 4, 2022
2. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Hendry County, FL hail, April 4, 2022
3. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Johnson County, TX tornado, April 4, 2022
4. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Johnson County, TX thunderstorm wind, April 4, 2022
5. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Ellis County, TX thunderstorm wind, April 4, 2022
6. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Smith County, TX thunderstorm wind, April 5, 2022
7. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Rankin County, MS hail, April 5, 2022
8. NOAA NCEI: Storm Events Database: Marengo County, AL hail, April 5, 2022

Reports by hour

Hail50, most at 10 PM

Wind58, most at 2 AM

Tornado9, most at 10 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:46 PM	EF0	About 38 miles from Lakeland, FL	0.25 mi long, 25 yd wide
9:32 PM	EF1	About 16 miles from McKinney, TX	0.28 mi long, 188 yd wide
10:41 PM	EF2	About 21 miles from Fort Worth, TX	9.72 mi long, 150 yd wide
10:49 PM	EF0	About 23 miles from Arlington, TX	1.68 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:58 PM	EF0	About 18 miles from Arlington, TX	4.87 mi long, 200 yd wide
11:06 PM	EF0	About 17 miles from Grand Prairie, TX	2.82 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:13 PM	EF0	About 14 miles from Grand Prairie, TX	1.44 mi long, 30 yd wide
3:45 AM	EF1	Near 32.70, -92.54, LA	5.09 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:46 AM	EF1	About 33 miles from Jackson, MS	7.59 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
12:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.78, -98.39, OK
12:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 34.25, -97.26, OK
1:25 PM	1.25 in	About 24 miles from Norman, OK
1:44 PM	0.75 in	About 38 miles from Miami, FL
2:40 PM	1.25 in	About 35 miles from Cape Coral, FL
2:40 PM	2.0 in	About 35 miles from Cape Coral, FL
2:44 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Cape Coral, FL
3:00 PM	1.0 in	About 46 miles from Cape Coral, FL
5:35 PM	1.75 in	About 47 miles from Lakeland, FL
5:53 PM	1.75 in	About 45 miles from Lakeland, FL
6:35 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from Fort Worth, TX
6:45 PM	1.5 in	Near 29.46, -100.94, TX

Show all 50 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
6:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 29.46, -100.95, TX
6:55 PM	1.25 in	Near 29.47, -101.01, TX
7:00 PM	0.88 in	Near 29.51, -100.91, TX
7:24 PM	1.25 in	About 45 miles from Denton, TX
7:35 PM	1.0 in	About 44 miles from Denton, TX
7:50 PM	1.75 in	About 45 miles from McKinney, TX
8:12 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Fort Worth, TX
8:26 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Denton, TX
8:30 PM	1.5 in	About 18 miles from Denton, TX
8:38 PM	1.5 in	About 15 miles from Denton, TX
9:58 PM	1.25 in	About 26 miles from McKinney, TX
10:05 PM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from Carrollton, TX
10:26 PM	0.88 in	Near 33.92, -94.95, OK
10:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.95, -94.94, OK
10:40 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.89, -94.83, OK
10:45 PM	1.0 in	About 17 miles from Fort Worth, TX
10:48 PM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from Dallas, TX
10:50 PM	1.0 in	About 17 miles from Arlington, TX
10:54 PM	0.88 in	Near 33.85, -94.65, OK
11:43 PM	1.5 in	Near 33.73, -93.73, AR
12:02 AM	1.75 in	Near 33.67, -93.59, AR
12:34 AM	1.0 in	Near 33.11, -92.76, AR
12:45 AM	1.0 in	Near 33.11, -92.64, AR
1:26 AM	0.75 in	About 52 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:28 AM	0.75 in	About 3 miles from Tyler, TX
1:48 AM	1.0 in	Near 32.42, -91.83, LA
2:57 AM	2.1 in	About 11 miles from Jackson, MS
3:20 AM	1.0 in	About 29 miles from Jackson, MS
3:31 AM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Jackson, MS
4:51 AM	1.0 in	Near 33.45, -89.43, MS
5:12 AM	0.75 in	About 54 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL
5:14 AM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Jackson, MS
5:17 AM	1.5 in	Near 32.13, -88.08, AL
5:19 AM	1.5 in	Near 32.11, -87.97, AL
5:38 AM	2.75 in	Near 32.30, -87.78, AL
5:49 AM	1.5 in	Near 32.15, -87.60, AL
6:00 AM	1.5 in	Near 32.18, -87.47, AL
6:06 AM	2.5 in	Near 32.24, -87.41, AL

Time	Gust	Where
10:45 PM	64 mph	About 25 miles from Fort Worth, TX
10:55 PM	63 mph	Near 33.53, -95.32, TX
11:00 PM	61 mph	About 14 miles from Arlington, TX
11:00 PM	63 mph	About 20 miles from Arlington, TX
11:05 PM	70 mph	About 15 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
11:13 PM	85 mph	About 15 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
11:19 PM	60 mph	Near 33.75, -94.57, OK
11:22 PM	64 mph	Near 33.37, -94.05, TX
11:30 PM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
12:09 AM	75 mph	About 21 miles from Mesquite, TX
12:16 AM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Mesquite, TX
12:27 AM	60 mph	About 45 miles from Longview, TX

Show all 58 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
12:35 AM	55 mph	About 34 miles from Mesquite, TX
12:36 AM	81 mph	About 40 miles from Mesquite, TX
1:23 AM	60 mph	About 56 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:37 AM	100 mph	About 8 miles from Tyler, TX
1:50 AM	60 mph	About 12 miles from Longview, TX
2:00 AM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Tyler, TX
2:05 AM	75 mph	About 23 miles from Tyler, TX
2:05 AM	75 mph	About 19 miles from Longview, TX
2:06 AM	75 mph	About 29 miles from Longview, TX
2:10 AM	75 mph	About 26 miles from Longview, TX
2:10 AM	75 mph	About 26 miles from Longview, TX
2:15 AM	64 mph	About 28 miles from Longview, TX
2:37 AM	60 mph	About 11 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:47 AM	64 mph	About 3 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:48 AM	70 mph	About 4 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:48 AM	70 mph	About 4 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:48 AM	60 mph	About 5 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:50 AM	60 mph	About 6 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:56 AM	59 mph	About 8 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:05 AM	64 mph	About 37 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:16 AM	60 mph	Near 33.11, -92.76, AR
3:22 AM	60 mph	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:28 AM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:29 AM	75 mph	About 58 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:38 AM	85 mph	Near 32.85, -92.59, LA
3:54 AM	96 mph	Near 32.70, -92.33, LA
4:02 AM	85 mph	Near 32.69, -92.23, LA
4:08 AM	85 mph	Near 32.65, -92.20, LA
4:09 AM	69 mph	Near 32.84, -92.05, LA
4:10 AM	60 mph	Near 32.54, -92.25, LA
4:14 AM	63 mph	Near 33.13, -91.97, AR
4:18 AM	60 mph	Near 32.62, -92.00, LA
4:47 AM	58 mph	Near 32.45, -91.67, LA
5:32 AM	63 mph	Near 31.70, -91.46, LA
5:36 AM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Jackson, MS
5:38 AM	69 mph	Near 31.96, -91.16, MS
5:40 AM	63 mph	Near 31.72, -91.25, MS
5:40 AM	69 mph	About 52 miles from Jackson, MS
5:53 AM	63 mph	About 23 miles from Jackson, MS
6:13 AM	63 mph	About 56 miles from Jackson, MS
6:13 AM	58 mph	About 7 miles from Jackson, MS
6:20 AM	63 mph	About 10 miles from Jackson, MS
6:35 AM	58 mph	Near 31.46, -90.86, MS
6:36 AM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Jackson, MS
6:38 AM	69 mph	About 53 miles from Jackson, MS
6:45 AM	63 mph	About 34 miles from Jackson, MS

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	48	19	23	6
Louisiana	22	1	20	1
Mississippi	18	5	12	1
Florida	8	7	0	1
Oklahoma	8	7	1	0
Alabama	7	7	0	0
Arkansas	6	4	2	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Jackson, MS	2.1 in	63 mph	0
Denton, TX	1.5 in	None	0
Carrollton, TX	1.0 in	None	0
Dallas, TX	1.0 in	None	0
Garland, TX	1.0 in	None	0
Irving, TX	1.0 in	None	0
Lewisville, TX	1.0 in	None	0
Mesquite, TX	1.0 in	None	0
Plano, TX	1.0 in	None	0
Richardson, TX	1.0 in	None	0
Tyler, TX	0.75 in	100 mph	0
Arlington, TX	None	61 mph	0
Grand Prairie, TX	None	61 mph	1
Longview, TX	None	60 mph	0
Shreveport, LA	None	70 mph	0

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