Storm reports for July 30, 1999

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On July 30, 1999, 81 hail, 228 damaging-wind and 5 tornado reports were logged across 24 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) in Baltimore County, MD.

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 (81)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4 million in property damage, $592,000 in crop damage, 6 injuries and 2 deaths from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (314 events in 24 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Schuyler County, NY (near Tyrone) · Hail 1.75″ · 3 injuries
  “Three children suffered head injuries from being struck several times by hail averaging the size of golfballs.”
• Dickinson County, MI (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $500,000
  “Scattered reports of trees down. Part of the roof on the North Dickinson School was torn off and carried several hundered yards east over the football field. The wood framed, sheet metal-sided bus garage was considered a total loss and a bus inside the garage was slightly damaged.”
• Stafford County, KS (near Hudson) · Thunderstorm wind · $100,000
  “A microburst that lasted three minutes caused tremendous damage in the small community. Every building in the town had damage. 15 Homes had major structural damage. An ammonia tank was damaged causing a 2 to 3 block area to be evacuated.”
• York County, PA (near York) · Thunderstorm wind · $30,000
  “A roof was blown off a home on Gay Street. .”
• Brewster County, TX (near Alpine) · Thunderstorm wind · $20,000
  “Strong thunderstorms in the Alpine area dropped around 2 inches of rain in 40 minutes and contained at least one microburst that lifted a roof off a house, damaged a porch, overturned sheds, and downed utility lines and tree limbs.”
• Otsego County, NY (near Oneonta) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “Several large limbs and a few trees fell on a homeowner's roof causing minor damage”

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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