Storm reports for April 28, 2000

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On April 28, 2000, 23 hail, 4 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Bladen County, NC.

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 (23)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $89,000 in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (29 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Columbia County, OR (near St Helens) · Tornado F0 · $35,000 · 1 injury
  “An F0 tornado touched down near Old Portland Road and Kastor Road in St. Helens. A tree was blown over across a fence adjacent to Old Portland Road and in front of the McCormick Park apartment building. Another tree was broken off and fell across the apartment building.”
• Pender County, NC (near Burgaw) · Tornado F0 · $50,000
  “A small tornado tracked about a mile across western and northern Burgaw, touching down just south of the prison at the State Highway barn, at Old Savannah Road, and at Ed Cowan Road, snapping trees and damaging 4 buildings on two residencial properties.”
• Lubbock County, TX (near Lubbock) · Thunderstorm wind · $4,000
  “The Lubbock County EOC reported that thunderstorm wind blew down power lines in town.”
• Cochran County, TX (near Morton) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph
  “The TXDOT mesonet site near Morton measured 65 mph wind gusts.”
• Scotland County, NC (near Laurel Hill) · Hail 0.88″
  “Nickel size hail reported near Crawford Lake Road.”

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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