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Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports on April 22, 2018

Public hail, wind, and tornado reports across the United States on April 22, 2018 from April 22, 2018 through April 22, 2018, sourced from NOAA/NWS Local Storm Reports and SPC storm report data.

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Hail Reports
6
Wind Reports
25
Tornado Reports
11
Max Hail Size
1.50″
Source  NOAA SPC · NWS Local Storm Reports Coverage  United States · April 22, 2018 · 2018–present Updated  Daily · last Apr 22, 2018

NWS Hail Reports on April 22, 2018

6 reports
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1.00″ hail
Apr 22, 2018
12:30 AM UTC
Hail report for April 22, 2018
Ellis County · 56,959 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: 4 N Waxahachie, TX
1.00″ hail
Apr 22, 2018
12:30 AM UTC
Hail report for April 22, 2018
Ellis County · 56,959 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: Waxahachie, TX
1.25″ hail
Apr 22, 2018
12:26 AM UTC
Hail report for April 22, 2018
Ellis County · 56,959 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: Midlothian, TX
1.00″ hail
Apr 22, 2018
12:24 AM UTC
Hail report for April 22, 2018
Ellis County · 56,959 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: Midlothian, TX
1.00″ hail
Apr 22, 2018
12:18 AM UTC
Hail report for April 22, 2018
Ellis County · 56,959 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: Ovilla, TX
1.50″ hail
Apr 22, 2018
12:12 AM UTC
Hail report for April 22, 2018
Ellis County · 56,959 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: Midlothian, TX
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Hail Damage Risk for Your Home +

Hail reports describe hail by diameter, often comparing stone size to familiar objects like peas, quarters, golf balls, and softballs. Use this guide as a starting point for possible hail damage to your roof, siding, gutters, vents, windows, and exterior. Actual hail damage depends on hail hardness, density, wind speed, impact angle, roof age, shingle condition, roof pitch, roofing material, installation quality, and prior storm damage.

Pea
0.25″
Low

Usually too small to cause hail damage to most sound asphalt roofs, siding, or gutters.

Mothball
0.50″
Sub-Severe Watch

Below the NWS severe-hail threshold, but not always harmless. Repeated small hail can scuff surfaces, wear aging shingles, and loosen protective granules over time.

Penny
0.75″
Minor / Watch

Below the NWS severe-hail threshold, but roof hail damage is still possible on older, brittle, poorly installed, or previously damaged shingles. May also mark screens, vents, gutters, and soft metal.

Nickel
0.88″
Minor / Watch

Still below the severe-hail threshold, but large enough to leave visible marks on soft metal and add wear to older or hail-weakened roof shingles.

Quarter
1.00″
Watch

The NWS severe-hail threshold. Quarter-size hail can bruise shingles, dent soft metal, and create roof hail damage worth checking.

Half Dollar
1.25″
Watch

More likely to dent gutters, vents, flashing, and siding. Hail damage risk rises quickly on older roofs or hail-weakened shingles.

Ping Pong / Walnut
1.50″
Likely

Hail damage becomes more likely, including bruised shingles, granule loss, dented siding, and damaged roof vents.

Golf Ball
1.75″
Likely

Often causes roof hail damage, cracked shingles, dented gutters, damaged flashing, and siding impacts. A roof inspection is recommended.

Hen Egg
2.00″
Serious

Can crack or puncture shingles, expose mat, dent siding, and cause widespread hail damage across the roof and exterior.

Tennis Ball
2.50″
Serious

Can cause heavy roof hail damage, punctured siding, broken skylights, damaged vents, and widespread exterior damage.

Baseball
2.75″
Major

Major hail damage is likely, including severe roof impacts, damaged siding, broken windows, and possible major roof repairs.

Tea Cup / Large Apple
3.00″
Major

Can cause heavy hail damage across the roof, siding, gutters, windows, and exterior. Significant repairs are often needed.

Softball
4.00″
Extreme

Destructive hail damage. Can severely damage roofing materials, siding, windows, gutters, vents, vehicles, and exterior surfaces.

Grapefruit
4.50″
Extreme

Catastrophic hail damage risk for roofs, windows, vehicles, siding, gutters, and exterior surfaces.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service hail size references are used for hail-size comparisons and the 1.00″ severe-hail threshold. Damage descriptions are general homeowner guidance, not official NOAA/NWS damage ratings. Sub-severe hail under 1.00″ is below the severe threshold, but that does not mean “no roof damage.” Penny- to nickel-size hail can still contribute to granule loss, cosmetic surface marks, and added wear, especially on older, brittle, poorly installed, or previously damaged roofs.

NWS Wind Reports on April 22, 2018

25 reports
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UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
11:40 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Hale County · 4,136 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: SEVERAL TREES DOWNED ON RAVEN ROAD.
NWS Wind Report Location: 2 NNW Greensboro, AL
UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
11:20 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Hale County · 4,136 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND BLOCKING ROADS IN AKRON.
NWS Wind Report Location: Akron, AL
UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
11:15 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Hale County · 4,136 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND BLOCKING ROADS.
NWS Wind Report Location: 3 WNW Havana, AL
UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
11:15 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Hale County · 4,136 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND BLOCKING ROADS.
NWS Wind Report Location: 4 NW Greensboro, AL
UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
9:21 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Okaloosa County · 64,961 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: IMAGE OF A LARGE TREE SNAPPED AND NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN NEAR A HOME OCEAN CITY.
NWS Wind Report Location: Ocean City, FL
UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
9:20 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Okaloosa County · 64,961 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: DAMAGE TO FENCING... SIGNAGE... A DUMPSTER... AND CARS AT THE CRAB SHACK ON THE WATERFRONT AT FORT WALTON BEACH. PICTURES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 SSE Fort Walton Beach, FL
UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
9:17 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Okaloosa County · 64,961 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: ROOFING DAMAGE TO THE CHARLIE HILL TERRACE. OKALOOSA SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS ACROSS SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY.
NWS Wind Report Location: Fort Walton Beach, FL
UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
9:15 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Okaloosa County · 64,961 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: ROOF RIPPED OFF A HOME ON SAILFISH DRIVE WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE PORCH AND YARD. REPORT VIA OKALOOSA COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 S Fort Walton Beach, FL
UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
9:00 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Escambia County · 100,747 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: LARGE BRANCHES SNAPPED AND A FENCE BLOWN OVER IN THE BROOKSIDE HILLS SUBDIVISON.
NWS Wind Report Location: Gonzalez, FL
UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
8:38 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Houston County · 35,016 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: A COUPLE OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH A STREET SIGN IN WESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 NE Hollis Dairy Road, AL
UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
8:36 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Baldwin County · 83,367 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN ALONG HWY 87 NORTH OF HWY 98 NEAR ELBERTA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
NWS Wind Report Location: Elberta, AL
UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
8:25 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Baldwin County · 83,367 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: SEVEN OVER TURNED TRAILERS AT ANCHORS RV PARK. MINOR DAMAGE TO A LOWES PARKING LOT.
NWS Wind Report Location: Foley, AL
UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
8:09 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Baldwin County · 83,367 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: MINOR DAMAGE TO A BUILDING AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG WEST BEACH BLVD.
NWS Wind Report Location: Gulf Shores, AL
UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
7:30 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Montgomery County · 74,505 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: TREES DOWN ON NAFTEL-RAMER ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
NWS Wind Report Location: 3 WNW Grady, AL
UNK mph
Apr 22, 2018
7:14 PM UTC
Wind report for April 22, 2018
Crenshaw County · 4,229 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: PICTURES OF TREES SNAPPED AND NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES DOWN NEAR A HOME IN THE AREA OF HIGHLAND HOME AND MAGNOLIA SPRINGS.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 SE Highland Home, AL
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Wind Damage Risk for Your Home +

Storm reports list thunderstorm wind gusts in mph. The NWS marks storms as severe at 58+ mph, but wind damage to your home depends on roof age, shingle condition, installation, exposure, nearby trees, and prior hail or wind damage.

Below Severe
Under 58 mph
Minor

Usually little damage to a sound roof, but loose shingles, flashing, or debris may shift.

Severe
58–74 mph
Watch

Can loosen shingles, lift flashing, break limbs, and damage gutters, siding, fences, or trim.

Damaging
75–90 mph
Serious

Can peel shingles, damage vents, tear siding, rip gutters, and expose weak roof areas.

Extreme
90+ mph
Major

Can cause major roof covering loss, tree damage, broken windows, and structural damage.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service storm reports. Gusts may be measured or estimated; actual wind damage varies by roof condition, exposure, and prior hail or wind damage.

NWS Tornado Reports on April 22, 2018

11 reports
UNK category
Apr 22, 2018
9:13 PM UTC
Tornado report for April 22, 2018
Okaloosa County · 64,961 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: *** 2 INJ *** CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 2 S FORT WALTON BEACH. THE EF-1 TORNADO MOVED ASHORE ON OKALOOSA ISLAND AND PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A HOME ON SAILFISH DRIVE. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED ACROSS SANTA ROSA SOUND AND INTO FORT WALTON BEACH... PRODUCING TREE DAMAGE AND BROKEN WINDOWS AT ST MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SCHOOL. ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL UNITS IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS NOTED. 2 MINOR INJURIES REPORTED. MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 100-105 MPH. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST NORTH OF JET DRIVE.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 2 S Fort Walton Beach, FL
UNK category
Apr 22, 2018
9:11 PM UTC
Tornado report for April 22, 2018
Okaloosa County · 64,961 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: VIDEO OF A WATERSPOUT MOVING ONSHORE ALONG FORT WALTON BEACH.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Fort Walton Beach, FL
UNK category
Apr 22, 2018
8:38 PM UTC
Tornado report for April 22, 2018
Baldwin County · 83,367 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CHATELAINE DR AND CR-87. A FEW HOMES EXPERIENCED SHINGLE DAMAGE. SOME TREES UPROOTED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED MOVING ALMOST DUE NORTH... PARALLELING CR-87... AND LIFTED NORTH OF THE DIXIE RD INTERSECTION. ISOLATED INSTANCES OF VERY MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A FEW RESIDENCES. MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 80 MPH.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 3 NNE Elberta, AL
UNK category
Apr 22, 2018
8:25 PM UTC
Tornado report for April 22, 2018
Baldwin County · 83,367 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: *** 3 INJ *** AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT THE ANCHORS AWEIGH RV RESORT WHERE 5 RVS WERE OVERTURNED. 3 PEOPLE INSIDE THE RVS WERE INJURED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST TO JUST EAST OF HWY 59 AND CR-20. MINOR DAMAGE TO A CONVENIENCE STORY CANOPY AND TO THE LOWE'S WERE OBSERVED. THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PRIDE DR AND JUNIPER ST. MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 80 MPH.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 3 S Foley, AL
UNK category
Apr 22, 2018
8:05 PM UTC
Tornado report for April 22, 2018
Baldwin County · 83,367 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: A STRONG WATERSPOUT MOVED ONSHORE AT THE 2200 BLOCK OF WEST BEACH BLVD. THE EF-1 TORNADO PRODUCED ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES. SEVERAL WINDOWS WERE ALSO BLOWN OUT. MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 95 MPH.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 4 ESE Gasque, AL
UNK category
Apr 22, 2018
7:25 PM UTC
Tornado report for April 22, 2018
Montgomery County · 74,505 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: NWS METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED DAMAGE IN SOUTHWEST MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH AN EF0 TORNADO. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF PHILADELPHIA CHURCH ROAD... NORTHEAST OF LAPINE AND WEST OF GRADY. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEASTWARD AND CROSSED PHILADELPHIA CHURCH ROAD AND NAFTEL RAMER ROAD. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST AFTER IT CROSSED SMILEY FERRY ROAD. SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH. THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREA OF DAMAGE WAS JUST AS THE TORNADO WAS LIFTING NEAR SMILEY FERRY ROAD... BUT STILL LIMITED TO TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 2.57 MILES AND WAS 250 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 3 WNW Grady, AL
UNK category
Apr 22, 2018
7:11 PM UTC
Tornado report for April 22, 2018
Crenshaw County · 4,229 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR DANIEL MILL RD CAUSING MINOR TREE DAMAGE... THEN STRENGTHENED TO AN EF-1 BEFORE REACHING OLIVER MYERS RD. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. THE TORNADO CAUSED MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES AROUND A LAKE IN THE MAGNOLIA SHORES AREA. MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 100 MPH.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 3 NE Saville, AL
UNK category
Apr 22, 2018
6:43 PM UTC
Tornado report for April 22, 2018
Crenshaw County · 4,229 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR JEFFCOAT RD. ONE MOBILE HOME AND A SHED WERE DESTROYED. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED... ONE OF WHICH FELL ON A VEHICLE. THE TORNADO THEN CAUSED SPORADIC DAMAGE AS IT PASSED THROUGH MAINLY WOODED AREAS UPROOTING AND SNAPPING LARGE TREES... WITH ONE FALLING ON A HOUSE AND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 95 MPH. THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR CENTER RIDGE ROAD.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 6 WNW Rutledge, AL
UNK category
Apr 22, 2018
6:11 PM UTC
Tornado report for April 22, 2018
Dale County · 14,979 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED TOUCHED AT FORT RUCKER. LARGE TREE LIMBS AND SMALL TREES WERE BROKEN OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. A WOODEN DUGOUT STRUCTURE AT A BASEBALL FIELD WAS ALSO DAMAGED... ALONG WITH POWERLINES. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 75MPH. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR KINGSMAN STREET AND ANDREWS AVENUE AND MOVED NORTH- NORTHWEST... LIFTING NEAR BAKER STREET.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 1 SSW Fort Rucker, AL
UNK category
Apr 22, 2018
6:02 PM UTC
Tornado report for April 22, 2018
Escambia County · 100,747 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO OCCURRED ON CRABTREE CHURCH RD. ONE HOME EXPERIENCED SHINGLE DAMAGE AND A BROKEN WINDOW AND A MOBILE HOME WAS SHIFTED ON ITS FOUNDATION. THERE WERE SEVERAL SMALL TREES UPROOTED AND NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN. MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 85 MPH.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 4 NE Barrineau Park, FL
UNK category
Apr 22, 2018
2:46 PM UTC
Tornado report for April 22, 2018
Lafourche Parish · 29,725 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: A TORNADO CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES AND BUILDINGS FROM LA HIGHWAY 3235 TO SOUTH LAFOURCHE HIGH SCHOOL. VEHICLES WERE PUSHED INTO A FIELD AND POWER LINES WERE KNOCKED DOWN. VIDEOS OF THE TORNADO AND DAMAGE WERE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. MAX ESTIMATED WINDS 100 MPH.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Galliano, LA
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Tornado Damage Risk for Your Home +

After a tornado, the National Weather Service assigns an EF rating from EF0 to EF5 based on surveyed damage. The rating estimates wind speed from what the tornado damaged, so actual damage can vary by construction quality, roof age, garage doors, windows, trees, debris, and how close the home was to the tornado path.

EF0
65–85 mph
Light

Can peel shingles, damage gutters or siding, break tree limbs, and toss loose outdoor items.

EF1
86–110 mph
Moderate

Can strip roof covering, damage exterior doors, break windows, snap trees, and cause heavier siding or gutter damage.

EF2
111–135 mph
Serious

Can tear off large sections of roofing, break or uproot trees, destroy weaker structures, and cause major exterior damage.

EF3–EF5
136+ mph
Severe

Can remove roofs and walls, destroy large portions of homes, toss vehicles, and cause severe to total destruction near the path.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service. EF ratings are assigned after a post-storm damage survey and are based on observed damage, not a direct measurement at every home.

NWS Hail, Wind and Tornado Reports on April 22, 2018 on the Interactive Map

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Frequently asked questions

for homeowners, buyers & sellers
How many storm reports were recorded on April 22, 2018?

Our records show 6 hail, 25 wind, and 11 tornado reports on April 22, 2018, compiled from NOAA SPC and NWS Local Storm Reports. The most recent was reported on April 22, 2018.

What was the largest hail reported on April 22, 2018?

The largest hail size in these storm-report records on April 22, 2018 is 1.50″, reported near Midlothian, TX.

Some reports show UNK instead of a wind speed or tornado rating — what does that mean?

Wind reports come three ways: measured from an instrument, estimated from the damage observed, or UNK when no speed was recorded. Tornadoes show UNK until the National Weather Service finishes a damage survey and assigns an EF rating. UNK simply means that value was not available when the report was filed.

A report appeared near my home on April 22, 2018 — is my roof damaged?

Not necessarily. A storm report shows that hail, wind, or a tornado was observed nearby, not that any specific home was hit. To find out whether your property was affected, check an address-level hail report, and if it looks significant, ask a local pro about a Remote Hail Inspection before scheduling roof work.

I am buying or selling a home — how do these on April 22, 2018 reports help?

If a storm passed through, a roof or exterior may have damage that is hard to see, or a recent repair may trace back to it. Buyers can ask better questions before closing, and sellers can document the home condition up front — both starting from the property address rather than a whole region.

How do I check what happened at a specific address on April 22, 2018?

Use the address search to pull a free address-level hail report for any property — no phone number or email required. It shows recent hail activity for that address so you know whether a closer roof or exterior review makes sense.

Where does this storm report data come from, and what are its limits?

Storm reports on this page are public reports from storm events on April 22, 2018 across the United States, sourced from NOAA SPC and NWS Local Storm Reports. They show where hail, wind, or tornado activity was reported, but they do not confirm damage at any specific property. Report locations, sizes, and times may be approximate and can vary from what an individual home experienced. For property-specific hail history, use an address-level hail report or contact a participating local professional for a remote hail inspection. Pros inclusion is not an endorsement, and contacting a professional does not confirm damage at any property.

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