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Storm reports for April 29, 2022

NOAA recorded 99 hail reports, 108 wind reports and 21 tornado reports in 8 states on April 29, 2022.

in 8 states
228
Storm reports
Near 40.44, -99.04, NE
4.0 in
Largest hail
About 53 miles from Wichita, KS
110 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 9 miles from Wichita, KS
21
Tornado reports
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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 29, 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 29, 2022, an EF3 tornado with peak winds estimated at 155 mph crossed the east side of Andover, Kansas, from 8:10 to 8:31 p.m. on a 12.75-mile path.1 It injured three people and caused no deaths.1 NOAA's Storm Events Database counts 205 homes and other structures damaged or destroyed in Andover and rural Butler County, about 180 of them residences, and lists $37 million in property damage there.2 In Sedgwick County, where it touched down, the tornado affected 116 structures, 22 of them homes, and destroyed a manufactured home, with $4.5 million in property damage listed.3

Hail 4 inches across fell near Enterprise in Dickinson County, Kansas, and near Axtell in Kearney County, Nebraska, and baseball-size hail fell around Detroit and Sutphen in Dickinson County.4,5,6,7 In southern Nebraska, gusts estimated at 70 to 85 mph, locally near 95 mph, swept from southeastern Clay County into southern Fillmore County near Shickley, destroying several grain bins and a few outbuildings.8

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Wichita: April 29th 2022 Tornadoes, including the Andover Tornado
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado, Butler County, Kansas, April 29, 2022
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado, Sedgwick County, Kansas, April 29, 2022
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Dickinson County, Kansas, April 29, 2022 (Enterprise)
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Kearney County, Nebraska, April 29, 2022
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Dickinson County, Kansas, April 29, 2022 (Detroit)
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Dickinson County, Kansas, April 29, 2022 (Sutphen)
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Clay County, Nebraska, April 29, 2022

Reports by hour

Hail99, most at 6 PM

Wind108, most at 7 PM

Tornado21, most at 8 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:00 PMEF0About 10 miles from Cape Coral, FL0.1 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:52 PMNot ratedNear 40.04, -99.61, NE1.26 mi long, 20 yd wide
5:12 PMNot ratedNear 40.10, -99.51, NE0.01 mi long, 20 yd wide
5:39 PMNot ratedNear 40.42, -99.03, NE1.26 mi long, 20 yd wide
6:31 PMEF0Near 38.75, -97.19, KS1.28 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:05 PMEF0Near 40.12, -97.84, NE4.77 mi long, 35 yd wide
7:52 PMEF1Near 38.62, -97.23, KS4.17 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:00 PMEF1Near 38.68, -97.05, KS21.76 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:02 PMEF1About 50 miles from Lincoln, NE3.35 mi long, 20 yd wide
8:03 PMEF1About 53 miles from Wichita, KS0.91 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:03 PMEF1About 38 miles from Topeka, KS11.05 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:03 PMEF0About 45 miles from Wichita, KS0.08 mi long, 30 yd wide
Show all 21 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
8:10 PMEF1About 24 miles from Lincoln, NE0.84 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:10 PMEF0About 47 miles from Wichita, KS0.16 mi long, 30 yd wide
8:10 PMEF3About 9 miles from Wichita, KS12.65 mi long, 250 yd wide
8:18 PMEF1About 21 miles from Lincoln, NE0.05 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:19 PMNot ratedAbout 27 miles from Wichita, KS0.16 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:37 PMEF1About 22 miles from Topeka, KS3.28 mi long, 40 yd wide
8:47 PMNot ratedAbout 26 miles from Wichita, KS0.19 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:05 PMEF1About 35 miles from Wichita, KS8.13 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:44 PMEF1About 52 miles from Wichita, KS0.03 mi long, 60 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Kansas105454713
Nebraska8429487
Missouri18990
Oklahoma141310
Iowa3120
Illinois2200
Colorado1010
Florida1001

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Wichita, KS1.75 in70 mph1
Des Moines, IA0.88 inNone0
Kansas City, MO0.88 in60 mph0
Cape Coral, FLNoneNone1
Topeka, KSNone81 mph0

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