Storm reports for October 13, 2000

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On October 13, 2000, 18 hail, 7 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 5 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Barton County, KS.

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 (18)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $147,000 in property damage and $122,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (27 events in 5 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Pocahontas County, IA (near Havelock) · Tornado F1 · $50,000
  “Wagons were overturned in Pocahontas County before the tornado moved into Palo Alto County.”
• Palo Alto County, IA (near West Bend) · Tornado F1 · $30,000
  “Numerous trees toppled as this tornado moved in from Pocahontas County and lifted southwest of West Bend.”
• Sedgwick County, KS (near Maize) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph
  “KSN Weather Lab, Maize High School, recorded gusts of 53-60kts.”
• Buena Vista County, IA (near Storm Lake) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph
  “Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a large and healthy tree blown down.”
• Butte County, SD (near Belle Fourche) · Hail 1.00″
  “Hail was reported to be several inches deep.”
• Harrison County, IA (near Modale) · Hail 0.88″
  “A hailstorm, with some stones approaching one inch in diameter, destroyed around 500 acres of soybean crops near Modale.”

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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