Storm reports for July 23, 2000

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On July 23, 2000, 37 hail, 70 damaging-wind and 5 tornado reports were logged across 10 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Dawson County, GA.

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 (37)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $14.7 million in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (126 events in 10 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Banks County, GA (near Homer) · Tornado F0 · $105,000 · 1 injury
  “An NWS Survey Team concluded that an F0 tornado briefly touched down 5 miles west-southwest of Homer and traveled for 2 miles with an approximate path width of 100 yards to a point approximately 3 miles southwest of Homer.”
• Fulton County, GA (near College Park) · Thunderstorm wind · $8 million
  “The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, along with public, numerous ham radio reports, and county 911 reports indicated that widespread and substantial damage was done by a thunderstorm with winds estimated at 60 to 65 mph.”
• Clayton County, GA (near Riverdale) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $4 million
  “The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, along with the Clayton county 911 center, ham radio operators, and the public reported strong thunderstorm winds caused widespread destruction of trees across northern Clayton county.”
• Hall County, GA (near Murrayville) · Tornado F1 · $350,000
  “An NWS Storm Survey team from the Peachtree City WFO confirmed that an F0 to weak F1 briefly tornado touched down in the Leisure Lakes Village mobile home park area of Murrayville in the far north part of the county. At least half a dozen homes were severely damaged by falling trees.”
• Madison County, GA (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind · $300,000
  “The Comer News and the Madison county 911 center reported widespread damage across Madison county. Extensive damage was reported to 3 chicken houses, power lines, and hundreds of trees, some more than 100 years old.”
• Fort Bend County, TX (near Sugarland) · Thunderstorm wind · $200,000
  “Cars damaged by fallen light poles at car dealership on SH 6.”

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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