Storm reports for April 21, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, April 21, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 32 hail reports, 12 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in 6 states on April 21, 2023.

in 6 states; 48
Storm reports: About 19 miles from Edinburg, TX; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 30 miles from Winston-Salem, NC; 63 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 39 miles from Miami, FL; 4
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

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 21, 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.

Reports by hour

Hail32, most at 4 PM

Wind12, most at 4 PM

Tornado4, most at 8 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
8:36 AM	EF0	About 39 miles from Miami, FL	0.03 mi long, 10 yd wide
11:44 AM	EF0	About 18 miles from Miami, FL	0.06 mi long, 10 yd wide
7:34 PM	EF0	About 35 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL	2.28 mi long, 125 yd wide
6:27 AM	EF0	About 22 miles from Charlotte, NC	7.67 mi long, 30 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:12 PM	1.0 in	About 30 miles from Dayton, OH
3:34 PM	1.0 in	About 41 miles from Edinburg, TX
3:35 PM	1.0 in	About 41 miles from Edinburg, TX
3:35 PM	1.0 in	About 17 miles from Columbus, OH
3:48 PM	1.0 in	About 17 miles from Columbus, OH
3:54 PM	0.75 in	About 15 miles from Columbus, OH
4:00 PM	1.5 in	About 17 miles from Edinburg, TX
4:00 PM	2.75 in	About 19 miles from Edinburg, TX
4:01 PM	1.25 in	About 21 miles from Edinburg, TX
4:12 PM	2.0 in	About 14 miles from McAllen, TX
4:15 PM	1.0 in	About 23 miles from Edinburg, TX
4:15 PM	1.25 in	About 23 miles from Edinburg, TX

Show all 32 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
4:15 PM	2.0 in	About 19 miles from Edinburg, TX
4:15 PM	1.5 in	About 15 miles from McAllen, TX
4:19 PM	1.0 in	About 21 miles from Edinburg, TX
4:25 PM	2.0 in	About 22 miles from Edinburg, TX
4:25 PM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from McAllen, TX
4:25 PM	1.5 in	About 8 miles from McAllen, TX
4:25 PM	2.0 in	About 22 miles from Edinburg, TX
4:27 PM	2.75 in	About 13 miles from McAllen, TX
4:30 PM	1.0 in	About 21 miles from Brownsville, TX
4:30 PM	1.75 in	About 13 miles from McAllen, TX
4:30 PM	1.75 in	About 5 miles from McAllen, TX
4:35 PM	1.25 in	About 2 miles from McAllen, TX
4:40 PM	1.25 in	In McAllen, TX
4:45 PM	2.5 in	About 5 miles from McAllen, TX
4:51 PM	1.25 in	About 12 miles from Edinburg, TX
6:32 PM	1.0 in	About 10 miles from Jackson, MS
7:53 PM	1.0 in	About 15 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:10 AM	0.75 in	About 19 miles from Hickory, NC
5:57 AM	0.75 in	About 22 miles from Hickory, NC
6:51 AM	0.75 in	About 14 miles from Charlotte, NC

Time	Gust	Where
4:40 PM	62 mph	About 4 miles from McAllen, TX
4:45 PM	58 mph	About 2 miles from McAllen, TX
4:45 PM	62 mph	About 2 miles from McAllen, TX
5:40 PM	49 mph	Near 34.84, -88.06, AL
5:40 PM	49 mph	Near 34.81, -88.09, AL
6:30 PM	60 mph	About 12 miles from Jackson, MS
6:30 PM	60 mph	About 12 miles from Jackson, MS
6:36 PM	60 mph	About 12 miles from Jackson, MS
9:03 PM	55 mph	About 34 miles from Huntsville, AL
5:59 AM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Hickory, NC
6:32 AM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Charlotte, NC
6:50 AM	63 mph	About 30 miles from Winston-Salem, NC

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Texas	26	23	3	0
North Carolina	7	3	3	1
Alabama	5	1	3	1
Mississippi	4	1	3	0
Ohio	4	4	0	0
Florida	2	0	0	2

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
McAllen, TX	2.75 in	62 mph
Edinburg, TX	2.5 in	62 mph
Jackson, MS	1.0 in	60 mph
Charlotte, NC	0.75 in	None
Columbus, OH	0.75 in	None

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