National Storms

July 1994 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In July 1994, 829 hail, 1,830 damaging-wind and 155 tornado reports were logged on 31 storm days across 47 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Richland County, ND on July 4, 1994. The most hail reports came on July 1, 1994 (60). Tornadoes killed 3.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

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829hail reports
1,830wind reports
155tornado reports
4.50″largest hail
31storm days
Jul 1: 60Jul 2: 16Jul 3: 46Jul 4: 18Jul 5: 41Jul 6: 57Jul 7: 60Jul 8: 11Jul 9: 3Jul 10: 14Jul 11: 13Jul 12: 41Jul 13: 26Jul 14: 23Jul 15: 30Jul 16: 43Jul 17: 25Jul 18: 45Jul 19: 23Jul 20: 15Jul 21: 8Jul 22: 2Jul 23: 18Jul 24: 49Jul 25: 44Jul 26: 18Jul 27: 9Jul 28: 4Jul 29: 35Jul 30: 15Jul 31: 17Jul 1Jul 4Jul 7Jul 10Jul 13Jul 16Jul 19Jul 22Jul 25Jul 28Jul 31max 60
Hail reports by day, July 1994

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Biggest storm days of July 1994

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStates
Jul 1, 19946023682.75″15
Jul 7, 199460161102.75″19
Jul 6, 199457122133.00″21
Jul 25, 19944410111.75″29
Jul 4, 1994189094.50″9
Jul 20, 1994159641.75″21
Jul 19, 19942381101.75″15
Jul 24, 1994496144.00″17
Jul 5, 1994416552.75″17
Jul 18, 1994454992.75″19

Largest hail reported in July 1994

DaySizeLocation
Jul 4, 19944.50″ (softball)Richland County, ND
Jul 24, 19944.00″ (grapefruit)Laramie County, WY
Jul 3, 19943.00″ (teacup)Meade County, KS
Jul 6, 19943.00″ (teacup)Banner County, NE
Jul 24, 19943.00″ (teacup)Sherman County, KS
Jul 1, 19942.75″ (baseball)Madison County, NE
Jul 1, 19942.75″ (baseball)Platte County, NE
Jul 1, 19942.75″ (baseball)Hooker County, NE
Jul 1, 19942.75″ (baseball)Saline County, NE
Jul 3, 19942.75″ (baseball)Renville County, ND

Storm reports by state, July 1994

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Kansas9416553.00″
Oklahoma7115262.75″
New York2219301.75″
Nebraska66110103.00″
Arkansas637241.75″
Texas657312.75″
Michigan298671.75″
Pennsylvania159861.75″
Ohio327901.75″
Iowa2065191.75″
South Dakota2757132.75″
Wisconsin2254142.75″
Minnesota473132.75″
Colorado3822172.75″
Florida134361.75″
Illinois94121.75″
Wyoming311154.00″
North Dakota31924.50″
Louisiana14000.75″
Virginia63051.75″
Georgia13900.75″
Massachusetts142501.75″
North Carolina73021.75″
Indiana122512.75″
Maryland02315–
Mississippi102311.75″
Missouri82201.25″
New Jersey42321.75″
West Virginia121701.75″
New Hampshire12511.00″
Vermont22400.88″
Montana101402.00″
New Mexico15631.75″
South Carolina81501.75″
Kentucky61501.00″
Maine91011.75″
Utah0160–
Arizona31110.75″
Connecticut31001.00″
Tennessee2900.75″
Nevada050–
Alabama040–
Delaware013–
Idaho020–
Oregon020–
Washington020–
Rhode Island010–

Every storm day in July 1994

Jul 1 Jul 2 Jul 3 Jul 4 Jul 5 Jul 6 Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9 Jul 10 Jul 11 Jul 12 Jul 13 Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 17 Jul 18 Jul 19 Jul 20 Jul 21 Jul 22 Jul 23 Jul 24 Jul 25 Jul 26 Jul 27 Jul 28 Jul 29 Jul 30 Jul 31

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