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Storm reports for April 27, 2024

NOAA recorded 160 hail reports, 77 wind reports and 64 tornado reports in 10 states on April 27, 2024.

in 10 states
301
Storm reports
Near 34.36, -97.49, OK
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 60 miles from Denton, TX
96 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, about 48 miles from Denton, TX
64
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 27, 2024 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 the night of April 27, 2024, tornadoes hit Ardmore, Sulphur, the Holdenville area and Marietta in south central Oklahoma between about 9:40 and 11:30 p.m. CDT.1 The strongest, an EF4 with peak winds estimated at 165 to 170 mph, began southwest of Marietta at 11:08 p.m., crossed Interstate 35 and ran 27 miles, past Lake Murray and through Dickson.1 It destroyed commercial buildings along State Highway 32 east of the interstate, and one person was killed on Interstate 35. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $150 million in property damage in Love County.2 An EF3 with winds of 160 to 165 mph crossed Sulphur at 10:25 p.m., destroying or heavily damaging many downtown businesses. One person died and 30 were injured, and the database lists $10 million in damage.1,3 Another EF3, up to a mile wide, destroyed mobile homes northwest of Holdenville, where two people were killed.1

In Ardmore, an EF2 with winds of 130 to 135 mph formed at 9:42 p.m. and damaged the roofs of many homes on the west side of town. Emergency managers counted 52 homes damaged, 17 of them a total loss, with 19 injuries and $20 million in damage.1,4 Just after midnight, an EF1 damaged at least 70 homes and businesses in Morris, in Okmulgee County.5 Hail up to 3 inches fell near Fox in Carter County at about 9:10 p.m. In Onekama, Michigan, 2-inch hail damaged siding and vehicles around 9:15 p.m. EDT, with $2 million in damage listed.6,7

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Norman: The April 27-28, 2024 Tornado Outbreak and Flash Flooding Event
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1175811, tornado, Love County, Oklahoma
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1175817, tornado, Murray County, Oklahoma
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1175697, tornado, Carter County, Oklahoma
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1175414, tornado, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1173709, hail, Carter County, Oklahoma
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1172777, hail, Manistee County, Michigan

Reports by hour

Hail160, most at 7 PM

Wind77, most at 8 PM

Tornado64, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:11 AMEF1Near 35.70, -99.53, OK0.7 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:18 AMEF0Near 35.69, -99.46, OK0.1 mi long, 10 yd wide
1:21 PMEF1Near 36.56, -97.99, OK0.8 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:05 PMNot ratedAbout 60 miles from Topeka, KS3.93 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:15 PMNot ratedNear 39.97, -95.33, KS0.01 mi long, 1 yd wide
2:31 PMEF0About 50 miles from Topeka, KS1.03 mi long, 20 yd wide
2:39 PMEF1About 58 miles from Wichita, KS2.6 mi long, 30 yd wide
2:45 PMEF0About 47 miles from Topeka, KS0.58 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:54 PMEF1About 55 miles from Wichita, KS1 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:06 PMEF2Near 33.40, -99.82, TX12.3 mi long, 1000 yd wide
3:20 PMEF0About 53 miles from Oklahoma City, OK5.2 mi long, 30 yd wide
3:28 PMEF2About 51 miles from Wichita, KS1.29 mi long, 100 yd wide
Show all 64 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
3:36 PMEF1About 50 miles from Wichita, KS0.64 mi long, 20 yd wide
4:08 PMEF1About 53 miles from Wichita Falls, TX12.7 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:10 PMEF0About 50 miles from Oklahoma City, OK0.8 mi long, 20 yd wide
4:12 PMEF1Near 40.30, -94.42, MO11.64 mi long, 250 yd wide
4:29 PMEF1About 41 miles from Oklahoma City, OK6.75 mi long, 150 yd wide
4:30 PMEF1Near 37.38, -96.31, KS0.04 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:35 PMEF0Near 38.01, -101.55, KS0.1 mi long, 10 yd wide
4:39 PMEF1Near 37.41, -96.29, KS0.48 mi long, 40 yd wide
4:42 PMNot ratedNear 37.35, -96.30, KS0.01 mi long, 15 yd wide
4:54 PMNot ratedNear 37.39, -96.15, KS0.01 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:58 PMEF0Near 40.23, -93.57, MO3.96 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:15 PMNot ratedAbout 51 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.6 mi long, 20 yd wide
5:35 PMNot ratedNear 37.56, -95.79, KS0.01 mi long, 10 yd wide
5:56 PMNot ratedNear 37.64, -95.65, KS0.01 mi long, 10 yd wide
6:11 PMEF0Near 37.02, -96.18, KS0.03 mi long, 20 yd wide
6:11 PMEF0Near 37.02, -96.18, KS0.01 mi long, 10 yd wide
6:23 PMEF0About 15 miles from Wichita Falls, TX1.5 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:37 PMNot ratedNear 39.78, -93.12, MO0.06 mi long, 5 yd wide
6:43 PMEF1About 16 miles from Wichita Falls, TX6.5 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:45 PMNot ratedNear 37.26, -95.68, KS0.01 mi long, 20 yd wide
7:55 PMNot ratedAbout 48 miles from Wichita Falls, TX0.3 mi long, 20 yd wide
8:16 PMNot ratedNear 36.96, -96.69, OK0.1 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:23 PMEF1Near 38.22, -94.31, MO2.55 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:30 PMEF1About 56 miles from Kansas City, MO10.14 mi long, 250 yd wide
8:45 PMEF0Near 38.33, -94.02, MO2.36 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:53 PMEF1About 30 miles from Norman, OK4.4 mi long, 225 yd wide
9:12 PMEF1About 19 miles from Norman, OK0.5 mi long, 40 yd wide
9:16 PMEF1Near 34.28, -96.73, OK4.65 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:17 PMEF0About 16 miles from Norman, OK1.67 mi long, 40 yd wide
9:20 PMEF2About 14 miles from Norman, OK4.9 mi long, 125 yd wide
9:29 PMEF1About 8 miles from Norman, OK3.5 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:42 PMEF2Near 34.11, -97.20, OK11.3 mi long, 400 yd wide
9:45 PMEF1About 10 miles from Oklahoma City, OK8.5 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:50 PMNot ratedNear 37.42, -95.81, KS0.01 mi long, 10 yd wide
10:15 PMEF1About 56 miles from Norman, OK1.5 mi long, 30 yd wide
10:16 PMEF1About 40 miles from Oklahoma City, OK10.35 mi long, 250 yd wide
10:23 PMEF3About 57 miles from Norman, OK9.91 mi long, 440 yd wide
10:29 PMEF0Near 38.54, -93.04, MO3.51 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:36 PMEF3About 54 miles from Norman, OK27.9 mi long, 1760 yd wide
10:37 PMEF1About 49 miles from Norman, OK8.4 mi long, 500 yd wide
10:45 PMEF0Near 34.21, -97.10, OK0.5 mi long, 30 yd wide
10:59 PMEF1Near 38.67, -92.74, MO1.7 mi long, 30 yd wide
11:07 PMEF1Near 34.39, -96.97, OK5.9 mi long, 250 yd wide
11:08 PMEF4About 48 miles from Denton, TX26.8 mi long, 900 yd wide
11:21 PMEF1Near 34.38, -97.03, OK3.5 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:01 AMEF1About 42 miles from Tulsa, OK11.3 mi long, 1400 yd wide
12:14 AMEF1About 36 miles from Tulsa, OK8.9 mi long, 1100 yd wide
12:22 AMNot ratedNear 34.31, -96.90, OK1.1 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:28 AMEF1About 32 miles from Tulsa, OK6.2 mi long, 800 yd wide
12:40 AMEF1About 28 miles from Tulsa, OK9.8 mi long, 750 yd wide
12:55 AMEF1About 30 miles from Tulsa, OK1.6 mi long, 400 yd wide
1:23 AMEF1About 45 miles from Tulsa, OK4.3 mi long, 350 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Oklahoma99392634
Kansas59301217
Texas534355
Missouri4312238
Iowa15870
Michigan151410
Wisconsin121110
Illinois2110
Nebraska2200
Arkansas1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Wichita Falls, TX1.75 inNone0
Abilene, TX1.0 in59 mph0
Madison, WI1.0 inNone0
Kansas City, MONone60 mph0
Norman, OKNone60 mph3
Oklahoma City, OKNoneNone1
Tulsa, OKNone64 mph0

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