Storm reports for July 13, 1999

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On July 13, 1999, 51 hail, 12 damaging-wind and 9 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Ward County, ND.

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 (51)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $498,000 in property damage and $2 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (73 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Ward County, ND (near Kenmare) · Tornado F1 · $150,000
  “Crop losses of 20 to 40 percent of 145,200 acres.”
• Ward County, ND (near Minot) · Tornado F1 · $120,000
  “Significant damage to rural areas south and southeast of Minot.”
• Marshall County, MN (near Oslo) · Tornado F2 · $100,000
  “The tornado lifted the roof off a warehouse, depositing it nearly 2 miles away to the southeast. A 6-ton truck was also pushed nearly 150 yards.”
• Hillsborough County, FL (near Ruskin) · Tornado F0 · $25,000
  “A tornado briefly touched down over rural south Hillsborough County on the 2900 block of 24th Street, south of 21st Avenue SE. The tornado uprooted one large tree, removed one quarter of a barns metal roof and snapped large branches off two additional trees before it lifted and dissipated.”
• Burke County, ND (near Columbus) · Hail 1.75″ · $20,000
  “A one to seven mile path of damage to agricultural region.”
• Walsh County, ND (near Ardoch) · Thunderstorm wind · $20,000
  “An estimated 500 trees were destroyed by the wind and 2 barns were damaged.”

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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