Storm reports for July 28, 2000

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On July 28, 2000, 94 hail, 96 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 21 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Claiborne County, TN.

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 (94)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $680,000 in property damage, $132,000 in crop damage, 1 injury and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (192 events in 21 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Cabell County, WV (near Huntington) · Thunderstorm wind · $200,000
  “Fallen tree limbs littered a 3 block area around Locust and Lower Terrace Roads in the Walnut Hills section of the city. At least 2 homes received significant damage. Two utility poles were snapped.”
• Bleckley County, GA (near Cochran) · Thunderstorm wind · $50,000
  “The public reported that 3 barns were severely damaged.”
• Hillsborough County, FL (near Tampa) · Thunderstorm wind · $25,000
  “Tampa Electric Power Company officials reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees, several branches and power lines from near the University of Tampa northeast to near Ybor City.”
• Lucas County, OH (near Toledo) · Thunderstorm wind · $15,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed three trees, many large limbs and a large advertisement sign on the south side of Toledo. One of the trees landed on a car.”
• Miami County, OH (near Troy) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000
  “Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down, some of them across roads.”
• Portage County, OH (near Kent) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed many trees on the west side of Kent.”

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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