Storm reports for July 13, 1997

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On July 13, 1997, 69 hail, 77 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Minnehaha County, SD.

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 (69)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.9 million in property damage, $7.4 million in crop damage and 5 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (171 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Redwood County, MN (near Lamberton) · Hail 4.00″ · $200,000
  “Damage estimate for Lamberton and Morgan areas. Grapefruit size hail did considerable damage to crops in Lamberton area. Hail also stripped trees of leaves, broke off tree limbs, shattered windows and put holes in siding.”
• Dunn County, ND (near Halliday) · Thunderstorm wind 115 mph · $40,000
  “report came from a woman that had a digital wind recorder on her farm 1 W of Halliday. Numerous trees downed as fell as extensive damage to farm and out buildings. A tractor-trailer was blown through a fence.”
• Ramsey County, ND (near Edmore) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “Many large trees in Edmore were blown down, snapping power lines and damaging one vehicle.”
• Polk County, MN (near Erskine) · Hail 1.75″ · $5,000
  “Hail fell for 45 minutes. There were still drifts of hail on the ground at 0900 CST.”
• Galveston County, TX (near Dickinson) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “Large trees uprooted just east of FM 1266.”
• Limestone County, AL (near Cairo) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “Trees were blown down near Elk Creek, in the western part of the county.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

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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