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Storm reports for April 4, 2023

NOAA recorded 398 hail reports, 77 wind reports and 17 tornado reports in 13 states on April 4, 2023.

in 13 states
492
Storm reports
In Davenport, IA
4.0 in
Largest hail
About 9 miles from Davenport, IA
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 47 miles from Peoria, IL
17
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
  • 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, 2023 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

An EF2 tornado crossed Bollinger County, Missouri, from about 2:30 a.m. CST on April 5, 2023, with peak winds near 130 mph at Glenallen, near Marble Hill.1 Five people died when a mobile home was destroyed there, several manufactured homes were destroyed, and about two dozen homes had major damage, including roof damage, broken windows and collapsed walls.1 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $2 million in damage and 4 injuries.1

In Fulton County, Illinois, an EF3 tornado tracked from near Ipava past the northwest side of Lewistown and through Bryant to near Canton between 7:11 and 7:38 p.m. CDT on April 4, demolishing several houses near Bryant and injuring 4 people.2 Minutes earlier, hail 4 inches across fell in Bernadotte, also in Fulton County.3

On the morning of April 4, hail mostly 2 inches across fell in Davenport, Iowa, at about 8:44 a.m. CST, with one stone estimated at about 4 inches from a photo, and 3-inch hail was reported there 7 minutes later.4,5 Hail up to 3 inches near Osceola, Iowa, at about 5:23 p.m. CST broke windows and badly dented metal outbuildings and parked vehicles.6 In Barry and Ionia counties, Michigan, hail up to 2.5 inches damaged roofs and siding on homes from about 6:06 to 6:48 p.m. EST, and the database lists $500,000 in damage in each county.7,8

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1086003, tornado, Bollinger County, Missouri
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1093557, tornado, Fulton County, Illinois
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1093552, hail, Fulton County, Illinois
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1089341, hail, Scott County, Iowa
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1089360, hail, Scott County, Iowa
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1089622, hail, Clarke County, Iowa
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1087649, hail, Barry County, Michigan
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1087652, hail, Ionia County, Michigan

Reports by hour

Hail398, most at 1 PM

Wind77, most at 6 AM

Tornado17, most at 9 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
9:36 AMEF1About 9 miles from Davenport, IA1.09 mi long, 25 yd wide
9:41 AMEF1About 5 miles from Davenport, IA1.59 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:47 AMEF1About 7 miles from Davenport, IA1.62 mi long, 25 yd wide
9:57 AMEF2About 13 miles from Davenport, IA0.52 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:15 AMEF2About 27 miles from Davenport, IA2.79 mi long, 600 yd wide
6:43 PMEF1About 27 miles from Des Moines, IA15.32 mi long, 130 yd wide
6:52 PMEF1About 60 miles from Peoria, IL8.31 mi long, 350 yd wide
7:02 PMEF1About 51 miles from Peoria, IL1.93 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:09 PMNot ratedAbout 49 miles from Peoria, IL0.75 mi long, 20 yd wide
7:11 PMEF3About 47 miles from Peoria, IL19.92 mi long, 600 yd wide
7:29 PMNot ratedAbout 34 miles from Peoria, IL0.18 mi long, 20 yd wide
2:48 AMEF1Near 36.95, -90.70, MO6.37 mi long, 300 yd wide
Show all 17 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
3:30 AMEF2Near 37.25, -90.14, MO20.66 mi long, 150 yd wide
4:48 AMEF0About 28 miles from Davenport, IA3.12 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:50 AMEF0About 37 miles from Fayetteville, AR2.8 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:03 AMNot ratedAbout 51 miles from Fayetteville, AR1.9 mi long, 250 yd wide
6:38 AMEF0About 40 miles from Milwaukee, WI0.54 mi long, 75 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Illinois1931295311
Iowa14113731
Missouri585242
Kansas4230120
Wisconsin242031
Arkansas131012
Michigan101000
Oklahoma3300
Minnesota2200
Texas2200
West Virginia2200
Indiana1010
Nebraska1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Davenport, IA4.0 in90 mph4
Cedar Rapids, IA1.75 inNone0
Chicago, IL1.75 in75 mph0
Peoria, IL1.5 inNone0
Rockford, IL1.5 in85 mph0
Wichita, KS1.25 in63 mph0
Appleton, WI1.0 inNone0
Des Moines, IA1.0 inNone0
Lansing, MI1.0 inNone0
Milwaukee, WI1.0 inNone0
Springfield, MO1.0 inNone0
Topeka, KS1.0 inNone0
Fayetteville, AR0.75 inNone0
Green Bay, WI0.75 inNone0

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