Storm reports for July 19, 2000

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On July 19, 2000, 68 hail, 72 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 15 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Lancaster County, NE.

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 (68)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.6 million in property damage and $1.8 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (143 events in 15 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Lancaster County, NE (near Firth) · Hail 2.75″ · $2 million
  “A very destructive hailstorm was centered on Firth Nebraska. The path of destruction was 6 to 8 miles wide and 20 to 30 miles long beginning near Sprague in Lancaster county and continuing to near Sterling in extreme northwest Johnson county.”
• Harvey County, KS (near Newton) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $100,000
  “Widespread tree and power line damage resulted in power losses to about 2,000 residences in and around Newton.”
• Harvey County, KS (near Halstead) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $100,000
  “Widespread tree damage, including many uprooted. One tree, snapping in half at the base, fell onto a garage smashing the roof to "within inches" of a car parked inside.”
• Seminole County, FL (near Lake Mary) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $100,000
  “Thunderstorm winds damaged 4 houses and blew down trees in the Lake Mary area.”
• Butler County, KS (near Augusta) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $50,000
  “Damage to trees and power lines resulted in power losses to many residences. Area newspapers contributed to this report.”
• Sedgwick County, KS (near Wichita) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $50,000
  “Widespread tree and power line damage resulted in the loss of power to approximately 45,000 residences of 13,000 were without power the following evening. One large tree limb that was blown down smashed the left rear window of a van.”

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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