Storm reports for July 16, 2000

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On July 16, 2000, 67 hail, 91 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 18 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Pitt 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 (67)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $714,000 in property damage and $1.9 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (163 events in 18 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Alachua County, FL (near Gainesville) · Thunderstorm wind · $150,000
  “Home damaged. Numerous reports of trees and power lines blown dow. More than 4000 homes in the western sections of the county experenced power outages.”
• Meade County, KS (near Meade) · Thunderstorm wind · $50,000
  “Metal roof panels blown off a building. Pivot irrigation sprinkler was overturned and trees were blown down in the area.”
• Levy County, FL (near Chiefland) · Thunderstorm wind · $50,000
  “Levy County Emergency Management reported that thunderstorm winds downed several trees, snapped several large branches and caused minor roof and tile damage to homes from Fanning Springs, southeast to Chiefland and east Bronson.”
• Mobile County, AL (near Mobile) · Thunderstorm wind 86 mph · $40,000
  “High thunderstorm winds produced roof and structural damage to several apartments in the west Mobile area. A section of the roof on the Lafeyette Square apartments was lifted off the building. The Grand Valley Apartment complex, in the same general location, also sustained wind damage.”
• Jackson County, FL (near Dellwood) · Thunderstorm wind · $25,000
  “A mobile home was severely damaged by fallen trees. Numerous downed trees and power lines on Grimsley and Hussey Roads just south of Dellwood. Reported by the Jackson County Sheriff.”
• Levy County, FL (near Lebanon) · Thunderstorm wind · $25,000
  “Levy County Emergency Management reported that thunderstorm winds downed several trees, large branches and caused minor roof and tile damage to homes from Lebanon south to Inglis. A commercial building incurred major roof damage from a wind toppled tree in Inglis.”

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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