Midwest/Ohio Valley Severe Weather

Losses, 2024 dollars

$2.1 billion

Losses at the time

$1.6 billion

Deaths

2

The losses and deaths are NCEI’s, counting everything the disaster did. The episodes below are only what the Weather Service filed in its Storm Events record, which counts damage differently and often not at all, so the two never add up and are shown apart.

• Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 7, 2015$10,000 · EF0 · 16 eventsThe morning of April 7, 2015 brought some very marginal severe weather to parts of central Missouri, as a couple reports of hail approaching 1 inch were received by the office.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, April 7, 20152 in hail · 24 eventsStorms developed across the area. Numerous reports of large hail were received. Also, very heavy rain fell in several locations causing flash flooding.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, April 7, 2015$50,000 · EF1 · 20 eventsA compact storm system interacted with a warm and unstable airmass in the late afternoon and evening of April 7th to produce severe weather over portions of southern Indiana. In addition to a tornado in Perry County, wind damage and large hail occurred with the stronger storms.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 7, 2015$7,000 · 52 kt wind · 10 eventsPortions of eastern Kentucky experienced more flashing flooding on April 7, 2015. The hardest areas were Estill and Knox counties.
• Flash Flood in California, April 7, 20151 eventA strong cold front moved through Northern and Central California during the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 7. The front generated local strong and gusty winds, brief heavy rain, and localized flooding.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 7, 201552 kt wind · 2 eventsStorms developed across the area. Numerous reports of large hail were received.
• Hail in South Dakota, April 7, 20150.88 in hail · 2 eventsThunderstorms produced nickel size hail in Turner and Minnehaha Counties in southeast South Dakota during the late morning of April 7th.
• Hail in Minnesota, April 7, 20151 in hail · 4 eventsThunderstorms produced nickel to quarter size hail in Rock and Jackson Counties in southwest Minnesota during the late morning and early afternoon of April 7th.
• Hail in Minnesota, April 7, 20151 in hail · 3 eventsClusters of thunderstorms began to develop across northern Iowa during the early afternoon of Tuesday, April 7th. A low freezing level and elevated instability were ample enough to create a few large hail reports along the Minnesota, Iowa border.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 7, 2015$701,000 · EF1 · 13 eventsA mesoscale convective system moved east-southeast from southern Illinois into southwest Indiana. The complex transitioned from a continuous line of storms to a more discrete storm mode, with two distinct supercells.
• Hail in Minnesota, April 7, 20150.88 in hail · 1 eventA stationary front was situated along the Iowa-Missouri border during the afternoon of April 7th. As an area of low pressure moved along the front, thunderstorms developed north of the area of low pressure and front.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kentucky, April 7 to 8, 2015$185,000 · EF1 · 15 eventsA compact storm system interacted with a warm and unstable airmass in the late afternoon and evening of April 7th to produce severe weather over portions of central Kentucky.
• Hail in California, April 7, 20151 in hail · 4 eventsAn upper level low pressure system moved onshore across Northern California the morning of the 7th. The associated cold front moved through the area during the day resulting in a tightening of the surface pressure gradient, which brought gusty winds of up to 49 MPH to the area.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 7 to 8, 2015$128,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 eventsA line of severe thunderstorms moved through the Midlands of SC and produced some large hail and wind damage...mainly trees taken down.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 7, 20151.75 in hail · 4 eventsIsolated to widely scattered thunderstorms developed across the Western Carolinas during the afternoon and evening. A couple of storms became briefly severe across Union County, SC.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 7, 2015EF0 · 14 eventsSupercell thunderstorms developed in an unstable air mass during the evening hours of April 7th, 2015. The supercell thunderstorms produced some reports of hail up to half dollar size and two tornadoes. Both tornadoes were rated as EF0 with brief touchdowns noted.
• Hail in Kansas, April 7 to 8, 20151.75 in hail · 6 eventsA strong cold front developed severe thunderstorms with large hail across southeast Kansas.
• Hail in Iowa, April 7, 2015$8,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 eventsA small area of thunderstorms developed over southern Iowa during the mid to late evening hours. The storms were very elevated in nature with the the warm front located just north of Interstate 70 in northern Missouri.
• Hail in Iowa, April 7 to 8, 20151.75 in hail · 11 eventsA storm system moved across northern Missouri during the evening of April 7 and into central Illinois during the morning hours of April 8.
• Hail in Illinois, April 8, 20150.88 in hail · 2 eventsA storm system moved across northern Missouri during the evening of April 7 and into central Illinois during the morning hours of April 8.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 8, 201552 kt wind · 2 eventsIsolated hail and wind event.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 8, 2015$100,000 · 1.25 in hail · 28 eventsLow pressure tracking along a stationary frontal boundary brought a round of strong to severe thunderstorms to central Illinois during the early morning of April 8th. Many of the storms produced quarter-sized hail and gusty winds of 50 to 60 mph.
• Hail in Kansas, April 8, 20152 in hail · 6 eventsOn the morning of April 8, several severe thunderstorms rolled through the area, bringing with it mostly large hail. These storms even brought 1.5 inch hail to the NWS office in Pleasant Hill, Missouri.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 8, 20152.25 in hail · 47 eventsOn the morning of April 8, several severe thunderstorms rolled through the area, bringing with it mostly large hail. These storms even brought 1.5 inch hail to the NWS office in Pleasant Hill, Missouri.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Indiana, April 8, 2015$30,000 · 1 in hail · 25 eventsA lingering front across central Indiana helped to generate thunderstorms across the area during the morning of April the 8th. The storms brought numerous large hail reports, with singular observations of damaging winds and flash flooding.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 8 to 9, 2015$100,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 eventsA cold front and associated upper level trough moved across the Missouri Ozarks region. Severe storms with damaging winds and large hail were reported.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 8, 2015$2,000 · 1 in hail · 3 eventsA fast moving MCS moved through the Ohio Valley during the morning of April 8th.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 8, 2015$325,000 · 1 in hail · 20 eventsA fast moving MCS moved through the Ohio Valley during the morning of April 8th.
• Hail in Iowa, April 8, 2015$22,000 · 1.75 in hail · 12 eventsA quasi-stationary boundary extended from the Texas Panhandle, across northern Missouri, into southeast Lower Michigan. Warm air advection continued with an area of elevated thunderstorms developing during the morning hours.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 8, 2015$4,000 · 1.25 in hail · 5 eventsA fast moving MCS moved through the Ohio Valley during the morning of April 8th.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Ohio, April 8 to 10, 2015$428,000 · 1.75 in hail · 22 eventsThunderstorms existed at dawn on the 8th in Indiana. With support for the mid and upper level winds, this mesoscale convective complex maintained its intensity through the morning. It raced southeast at 50 mph reaching southeast Ohio during the midday time frame.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Missouri, April 8 to 9, 2015EF1 · 18 eventsA cold front was moving through the region, triggering showers and thunderstorms. There were numerous reports of large hail, a tornado in Washington County Missouri and several reports of flash flooding.
• Hail in Kentucky, April 8, 20153 in hail · 16 eventsA series of super cell thunderstorms produced numerous instances of giant hail across portions of eastern Kentucky on April 8, 2015. The largest hail stones ranged from golf ball to slightly larger than tennis ball size.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, April 8 to 10, 2015$115,000 · 2.75 in hail · 29 eventsThunderstorms existed at dawn on the 8th in Indiana. With support for the mid and upper level winds, this mesoscale convective complex maintained its intensity through the morning. It raced southeast at 50 mph into western West Virginia during the afternoon.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 8 to 9, 2015$35,000 · 1.5 in hail · 7 eventsThunderstorms existed at dawn on the 8th in Indiana. With support for the mid and upper level winds, this mesoscale convective complex maintained its intensity through the morning.
• Hail in Illinois, April 8, 20151 in hail · 4 eventsA cold front was moving through the region, triggering showers and thunderstorms. There were numerous reports of large hail, a tornado in Washington County Missouri and several reports of flash flooding.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 8, 2015$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 eventsAfter a round of morning thunderstorms, an upper-level disturbance tracking along a stalled frontal boundary triggered additional strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of central Illinois during the afternoon of April 8th.
• Hail in Illinois, April 8, 20151.75 in hail · 3 eventsAn isolated severe thunderstorm moved east, staying just north of Interstate 64. The storm moved along an outflow boundary that originated from an earlier thunderstorm complex.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 8, 201556 kt wind · 2 eventsHigh-based thunderstorms developed and moved across portions of northeastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 8th.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 8, 2015$20,000 · EF0 · 29 eventsTwo rounds of severe storms occurred during the afternoon and evening of April 8th, 2015. Storms first developed over Southern Kansas and quickly raced into Southeast Kansas during the afternoon.
• Hail in Indiana, April 8, 20150.75 in hail · 1 eventAnother subtle weather disturbance pushed through the Ohio Valley on the afternoon and evening of April 8th. This disturbance interacted with a very moist and unstable airmass, characterized by temperatures in the upper 70s and 80s.
• Hail in Kentucky, April 8, 20152 in hail · 14 eventsAnother subtle weather disturbance pushed through the Ohio Valley on the afternoon and evening of April 8th. This disturbance interacted with a very moist and unstable airmass, characterized by temperatures in the upper 70s and 80s.
• Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 8, 2015$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventA series of upper level disturbances moved along a stationary front that was positioned across the region. Showers and storms developed during the peak heating of the afternoon. One of the storms contained damaging winds that downed trees in Greenbrier County.
• Hail in Virginia, April 8, 20151 in hail · 3 eventsA series of upper level disturbances moved along a stationary front that was positioned across the region. Showers and storms developed during the peak heating of the afternoon. Some of the storms contained hail that ranged from three-quarters of an inch to one inch in diameter.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 8 to 9, 2015EF0 · 25 eventsA warm front/dryline triple point was present across far northwestern Oklahoma during the daylight hours. As a weak shortwave moved across the Southern Plains, strong flow aloft overspread the region.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 8, 2015EF0 · 13 eventsA warm front lifting north and a dryline advancing in from the west were the triggering mechanisms for thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening.
• Flash Flood and Flood in Kentucky, April 8, 2015$250 · 2 in hail · 11 eventsThunderstorms developed along a boundary lifting slowly northeast across northern Kentucky into southwest Ohio.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 8, 20151 injured · $3,000 · 1 in hail · 6 eventsThunderstorms developed along a boundary lifting slowly northeast across northern Kentucky into southwest Ohio.
• Hail in North Carolina, April 8, 2015$10 million · 2 in hail · 5 eventsWith a front draped across the area, an MCV tracked over the region. Given the unstable air mass in place, convection developed and several of the storms became severe. The main impact was very large hail up to the of hen eggs (around 2 inches).
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 8, 2015$60,000 · 1.25 in hail · 11 eventsScattered to numerous strong and severe thunderstorms developed late this afternoon and early evening as a vigorous upper trough moved across New Mexico.
• Hail in Idaho, April 8, 2015$3,000 · 0.25 in hail · 2 eventsVery slow moving thunderstorms caused accumulations of very small hail in Jefferson and Bingham Counties along interstate 15. 3 to 6 inches fell in Roberts with several slide offs on roadways which also occurred in Firth and Shelley.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 8, 201552 kt wind · 2 eventsAn upper level trough progressed to the north of the region with a dryline across southeast New Mexico, the Permian Basin, and the Lower Trans Pecos. Moisture and instability were present along and to the east of the dryline.
• Hail in Missouri, April 8 to 9, 20151 in hail · 2 eventsA powerful storm system lifted from Central Iowa into northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin during the day on April 9th. Strong to severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Iowa during the afternoon and moved into northwest Illinois during the evening hours.
• Hail in Texas, April 8, 20152 in hail · 3 eventsAn isolated supercell thunderstorm developed ahead of an advancing dryline across the eastern Texas Panhandle. As the thunderstorm moved across Wheeler County during the evening of the 8th, it strengthened and produced hail up to 2 inches in diameter.
• Hail in Iowa, April 8, 20150.88 in hail · 3 eventsThe overall parameters remained little changed during the day into the evening. Most unstable CAPE remained in the 1000 to 2000 J/kg range with CAPE in the -10 to -30 C layer of the atmosphere around 600 J/kg.
• Hail in North Carolina, April 8, 20150.88 in hail · 1 eventWidely scattered thunderstorms developed across eastern North Carolina during the evening of April 8th, 2015 as a slow moving cold front moved into the area. A couple of the storms produced some sub-severe hail.
• Hail and Lightning Strike in Illinois, April 8 to 9, 2015$50,000 · 1.25 in hail · 8 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed late in the evening on April 8th producing marginally severe hail. There was also a lightning strike in Mount Prospect that set a building on fire the morning of April 9th.
• Tornado and Hail in Michigan, April 9, 2015$75,000 · EF0 · 5 eventsA warm front was located across far northern Indiana during the afternoon and evening hours. A series of weak disturbances interacted with moderately unstable conditions to spark thunderstorm development.
• Hail in Indiana, April 9, 20151 in hail · 2 eventsThunderstorms developed along a northward moving warm front, with a few producing marginally severe hail.
• Lightning Strike in Minnesota, April 8, 2015$3,000 · 1 eventA southeast Minnesota home was damaged from a lightning strike during a late evening thunderstorm on April 8th.
• Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, April 9, 2015$2,000 · 1 eventA lightning strike from an early morning thunderstorm on April 9th, struck the Monroe County law enforcement building in Sparta. The strike damaged some of the communication equipment inside the building.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 9, 2015$2,000 · 2 in hail · 29 eventsSevere thunderstorms developed when an upper level disturbance interacted with a moist and unstable air mass over the region.
• Lightning Strike in North Carolina, April 9, 20151 death · 1 eventA lightning fatality occurred during a round of early morning sub severe storms. A woman was out walking her 2 dogs when lightning struck her and her dogs just outside her home. The dogs died instantly, while she passed away several days later.
• Flash Flood in Illinois, April 9, 20151 eventWidespread showers and thunderstorms occurred during the morning of April 9th, particularly east of the I-55 corridor. Some of the storms across Vermilion County dropped locally heavy rainfall, with an observer in Danville measuring 1 inch of rain in just 45 minutes.
• Hail and Heavy Rain in Wisconsin, April 9, 2015$35,000 · 1.5 in hail · 9 eventsThe approach of a warm front brought numerous showers and thunderstorms, and heavy rain to southern WI the night of April 8th into the morning of April 9th. Low pressure then tracked along the warm front that was located along the WI and IL border in the evening.
• Hail in Minnesota, April 9, 20151.25 in hail · 2 eventsThunderstorms that developed during the morning hours of April 9th dropped some hail across southeast Minnesota. The largest hail reported was half dollar sized in Canton (Fillmore County).
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 9, 2015$8,000 · 1.25 in hail · 6 eventsSevere thunderstorms developed when an upper level disturbance interacted with a moist and unstable air mass over the region.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 9, 2015$51,000 · 1.25 in hail · 4 eventsSurface low pressure tracked east across southern Iowa during the afternoon of the 9th. A line of thunderstorms formed from the low south along its cold front. The atmosphere was unstable as temperatures rose into the 70s with dewpoint temperatures in the mid 60s.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 9, 2015$103,000 · EF0 · 38 eventsA strong cold front interacting with a moderately unstable and sheared environment triggered widespread strong to severe thunderstorms across central Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of April 9th.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, April 9, 2015$279,000 · 2.75 in hail · 24 eventsA cold front moving southeast from the eastern Great Lakes through the Upper Ohio Valley produced widespread showers and thunderstorms. Some of the thunderstorms were severe with damaging winds most commonly reported.
• Hail in Missouri, April 9, 20151 in hail · 5 eventsOn the afternoon of April 9, 2015 a string of storms formed in north central and central Missouri. They were not immediately supercellular, but these storms did eventually go on to produce significant severe weather across eastern Missouri and Illinois.
• Hail in North Carolina, April 9, 20151.25 in hail · 2 eventsWidely scattered thunderstorms developed near the Blue Ridge during the afternoon. A couple of these storms became briefly strong to severe.
• Hail in Georgia, April 9, 20151 in hail · 1 eventIsolated thunderstorms developed across the Upper Savannah River Valley during the afternoon. One of these became briefly severe across Elbert County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 9, 2015$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 eventsSevere thunderstorms developed over eastern Oklahoma along and just ahead of a cold front that was moving through the region in the afternoon. Hail up to golfball size and damaging wind occurred with the stronger storms.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 9, 20151 injured · 1.75 in hail · 17 eventsStorms developed ahead of a frontal boundary. Some of the storms were severe producing damaging winds and large hail.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 9 to 10, 2015$5,000 · 56 kt wind · 10 eventsA strong spring storm system approached the lower Ohio Valley on April 9th into the early morning hours April 10th.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Iowa, April 9, 2015$20,000 · EF1 · 21 eventsA powerful storm system lifted from Central Iowa into northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin during the day on April 9th. Strong to severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Iowa during the afternoon and exited into northwest Illinois during the evening hours.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 9, 2015$105,000 · 1 in hail · 7 eventsNumerous showers and some storms developed within the interaction of a stationary front over the region and upper level disturbances moving along this boundary. A number of the storms produced hail less than an inch in diameter with an isolated report of one inch diameter hail.
• Hail in Virginia, April 9, 20150.75 in hail · 1 eventShowers and storms developed along a stationary front. One of these storms increased in strength enough to produced three-quarter inch hail in Wytheville, Wythe County.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 9, 20151 in hail · 8 eventsSevere thunderstorms developed over eastern Oklahoma along and just ahead of a cold front that was moving through the region in the afternoon. These storms moved eastward across portions of northwestern Arkansas during the late afternoon and evening hours.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 9, 2015$12,000 · 1.5 in hail · 3 eventsA few severe thunderstorm developed in the warm sector ahead of a low pressure system approaching from the west. Thunderstorm winds brought down limbs and power lines north of Fostoria. Ping pong ball size hail was reported in Perrysburg in Wood County.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, April 9, 2015$1.6 million · EF2 · 13 eventsA potent upper level storm system ejected into the Central Plains on April 9th. An attendant developing cold front moved southeastward into the region during the late afternoon hours.
• Hail in Texas, April 9, 2015$5,000 · 1.5 in hail · 3 eventsThunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front, mostly across the southeastern half of the CWA, in an area of warm air advection. One storm produced hail up to the size of ping pong balls in Limestone and Leon counties.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 9, 2015$247,000 · 52 kt wind · 13 eventsA cold front moving southeast from the eastern Great Lakes through the Upper Ohio Valley produced widespread showers and thunderstorms. Some of the thunderstorms were severe with damaging winds most commonly reported.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, April 9, 2015$210,000 · 1.5 in hail · 36 eventsA cold front moving southeast from the eastern Great Lakes through the Upper Ohio Valley produced widespread showers and thunderstorms. Some of the thunderstorms were severe with damaging winds most commonly reported.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 9, 2015EF1 · 12 eventsA powerful storm system lifted from Central Iowa into northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin during the day on April 9th. Strong to severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Iowa during the afternoon and moved into northwest Illinois during the evening hours.
• Hail in North Carolina, April 9, 2015$1,000 · 1.25 in hail · 1 eventA back door cold front was lifting back to the north in response to a building offshore ridge. Widely scattered thunderstorms developed as instability increased. Wet bulb zeros were also low. One of these thunderstorms produced large hail along the Robeson and Hoke county line.
• Hail in Wisconsin, April 9, 20151.75 in hail · 10 eventsThunderstorms developed during the late afternoon and continued into the early evening of April 9th. These storms dropped some hail across portions of western Wisconsin with the largest hail falling near Beetown (Grant County).
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, April 9, 20151.75 in hail · 22 eventsA storm system in Kansas tracked toward Iowa dragging a front toward Arkansas. Thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of the front and tornado and severe thunderstorm watches were issued. Damaging winds and large hail were reported along with flash flooding.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, April 9, 20151 death · $25,000 · 1 in hail · 5 eventsA northward retreating warm front served as the primary focus for convective development. Afternoon heating resulted in destabilization and several storms became severe, with large hail being the primary impact. Isolated flash flooding also occurred.
• Hail in Tennessee, April 9, 20151 in hail · 1 eventA frontal boundary across east Tennessee on the 9th triggered some thunderstorms. One of the storms produced quarter-sized hail.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 9, 20152 deaths · 11 injured · $19 million · EF4 · 29 eventsSeven tornadoes were confirmed in north central Illinois in the NWS Chicago CWA. Six of the tornadoes formed from a single supercell. The atmosphere was ripe for severe weather due to highly anomalous moisture and instability for early April across the region.
• Hail in Arkansas, April 9, 20154.5 in hail · 4 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed in an unstable airmass ahead of an approaching cold front during the early evening hours on April 9, 2015. A few of these storms produced very large hail in Northeast Arkansas.
• Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 9, 201555 kt wind · 2 eventsA warm front was located across northwestern Ohio during the afternoon and evening hours. A series of weak disturbances interacted with moderately unstable conditions to spark thunderstorm development.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 9, 20153 in hail · 6 eventsStorms developed ahead of a frontal boundary. Some of the storms were severe producing damaging winds and large hail.
• Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 9, 201552 kt wind · 1 eventA thunderstorm brought down a tree just north of Flat Rock.
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 9, 201560 kt wind · 1 eventA slow moving cold front triggered several rounds of thunderstorms over southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi. A few storms occurred on the evening of the 9th with a larger concentration of storms on the afternoon of the 10th.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 9 to 10, 20151 in hail · 3 eventsNumerous thunderstorms developed in an unstable airmass along and ahead of an approaching cold front during the overnight hours on April 9, 2015. A few of these storms produced large hail and damaging winds in North Mississippi.
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 9, 2015$75,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 eventA potent upper level storm system ejected into the Central Plains on April 9th. An attendant developing cold front moved southeastward into the region during the late afternoon hours.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 9, 2015$92,000 · EF0 · 5 eventsA broken line of thunderstorms moved eastward across southeast Missouri during the evening hours. At the surface, a low pressure center over northwest Missouri deepened northeastward into southern Wisconsin.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 9, 2015$20,000 · 1 in hail · 5 eventsA broken line of thunderstorms moved eastward across southern Illinois during the evening hours. At the surface, a low pressure center over northwest Missouri deepened northeastward into southern Wisconsin.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 9 to 10, 2015$50,000 · 1.5 in hail · 4 eventsSevere thunderstorm wind gusts blew down an outbuilding near the LC Walker arena in downtown Muskegon during the late evening hours of April 9th. This thunderstorm wind damage was very localized. Some powerline were also blown down near Octavius Street and Marquette Avenue.
• Flash Flood in Arkansas, April 9 to 10, 2015$7,000 · 1 eventHeavy rain caused areas of flash flooding in Dermott.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 9, 2015$50,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 eventsA broken line of thunderstorms moved eastward into southwest Indiana during the late evening hours. At the surface, a low pressure center over northwest Missouri deepened northeastward into southern Wisconsin.
• Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 10, 201559 kt wind · 1 eventSevere thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front which pushed across the region during the morning hours.
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 10, 201552 kt wind · 12 eventsA strong spring storm system approached the lower Ohio Valley on April 9th into the early morning hours April 10th.
• Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 10, 201556 kt wind · 1 eventSevere thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front which pushed across the region during the morning hours.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 10, 2015$7,000 · 52 kt wind · 7 eventsSevere thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front which pushed across the region during the morning hours.
• Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 10, 2015$8,000 · 56 kt wind · 7 eventsA quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) developed near the I-65 corridor in the early morning hours on April 10 and moved quickly northeast. Several reports of damaging winds were received.
• Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 10, 201550 kt wind · 2 eventsThunderstorms downed some trees in McCreary and Whitley counties.
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 10, 2015$500 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventA severe thunderstorm knocked down several large limbs in Carroll County.
• Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 10, 2015$10,000 · 2 eventsA thunderstorm developed over South Lake Charles and slowly drifted east. While the storm developed a funnel cloud developed near the Lake Charles Regional Airport.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 10, 2015$13,000 · 1 in hail · 5 eventsA cold front moving through north and central Georgia resulted in scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon into the early evening.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, April 10, 2015$10,000 · 1 in hail · 4 eventsA dissipating cold front edged south to the Rio Grande during the afternoon and evening. Hot, humid air with temperatures to around 90 combined with the surface front and upper level energy to initiate rapidly developing storms across the region.
• Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 10, 2015$18,000 · 50 kt wind · 9 eventsScattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
• Hail in South Carolina, April 10, 20151 in hail · 3 eventsA couple of isolated severe thunderstorms produced hail from dime to quarter size.

Every billion-dollar disasterEvery storm of 2015Tornadoes in 2015

NOAA NCEI, U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2025), https://doi.org/10.25921/stkw-7w73, and the Storm Events Database for the episodes.