Storm reports for July 18, 1986

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On July 18, 1986, 40 hail, 46 damaging-wind and 5 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 2.90″ (baseball size) in Rock County, NE.

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 (40)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $5.1 million in property damage, 15 injuries and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (92 events in 8 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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