Storm reports for August 11, 2000

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On August 11, 2000, 40 hail, 94 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 3.00″ (teacup size) in Valley County, MT.

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 (40)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $19.3 million in property damage, $850,000 in crop damage and 2 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (133 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Ramsey County, ND (near Devils Lake) · Thunderstorm wind 110 mph · $10 million · 2 injuries
  “Strong winds hit the city of Devils Lake, toppling power poles, trees, signs, and light signals. Debris from a roof struck and injured a pedestrian. The 96 knot wind gust was measured at the Law Enforcement Center. A 40x60 foot steel building was thrown 150 feet onto a passing vehicle.”
• Ramsey County, ND (near Devils Lake) · Thunderstorm wind · $7 million
  “68 consecutive power poles were damaged by the high winds across the Devils Lake area. This amounted to about 8 miles of line. Some of the damaged poles ended up on the bottom of Devils Lake, as the lines cut across several bays.”
• Benson County, ND (near Ft Totten) · Thunderstorm wind · $1 million
  “Wind damage also occurred around the Fort Totten area. Several planned housing developments under construction sustained heavy damage. The Spirit Lake Casino also reported some damage.”
• Dawson County, MT (near Bloomfield) · Thunderstorm wind 84 mph · $250,000
  “A severe thunderstorm brought damaging winds and hail to central portions of Dawson County. The areas hardest hit extended from Lindsay to Bloomfield. In many areas crops were a total loss. Several barns were blown down damaging equipment and machinery.”
• Charleston County, SC (near Charleston) · Thunderstorm wind · $200,000
  “A container crane at a loading dock was blown into two other cranes causing several large shipping containers to be thrown into the water.”
• Walsh County, ND (near Grafton) · Thunderstorm wind 62 mph · $100,000
  “Two potato warehouse roofs were blown off in Grafton.”

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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