Storm reports for July 26, 1997

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On July 26, 1997, 7 hail, 60 damaging-wind and 8 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Knox County, OH.

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

Hail reports (7)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.3 million in property damage and $56,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (79 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Pickaway County, OH (near Whisler) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $200,000
  “Several barns destroyed, roof blown off a garage, and numerous trees downed. Some of the trees fell across some of which fell across homes and barns.”
• Hocking County, OH (near Laurelville) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $50,000
  “Hundreds of trees were downed of which many fell across power lines. Sixteen telephone poles were broken during the storm.”
• Fairfield County, OH (near Pickerington) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $50,000
  “A grocery store roof was damaged and numerous trees were downed.”
• Scott County, VA (near Dungannon) · Thunderstorm wind · $15,000
  “Several trees and powerlines down across the northern part of the county.”
• Licking County, OH (near Croton) · Tornado F1 · $5,000
  “A tornado touched down briefly downing a few trees and damaging corn crops.”
• Dodge County, NE (near Fremont) · Thunderstorm wind · $2,000
  “Strong winds blew tree branches down onto a house.”

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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