Storm reports for July 21, 1981

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On July 21, 1981, 31 hail, 24 damaging-wind and 5 tornado reports were logged across 11 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Big Stone County, MN.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (31)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $75,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (60 events in 11 states). Before 1996 the database holds only tornado, hail and wind events, and damage was often entered as a range, so treat these figures as rough. Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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