Storm reports for July 23, 2001

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On July 23, 2001, 63 hail, 53 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 11 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Campbell County, WY.

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 (63)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.3 million in property damage, $43,000 in crop damage and 7 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (116 events in 11 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Arapahoe County, CO (near Littleton) · Hail 1.50″ · $606,000
  “The city of Littleton suffered $612,000 in damage to vehicles, roofs, buildings, landscaping and computers. Almost every vehicle owned by visitors and employees in the Littleton Center parking lot sustained damage.”
• Sangamon County, IL (near Springfield) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $250,000
  “Two empty semis were blown over on I-72 one mile north of Curran. Neither driver was injured. Also, fourteen power poles on the southwest side of Springfield were blown over, trapping several cars and their occupants for half an hour.”
• Bent County, CO (near Las Animas) · Thunderstorm wind 99 mph · $100,000
  “Damaging thunderstorm winds downed 1 1/2 miles of power poles along Highway 101 around 7 miles south of Las Animas in Bent county. It took around 2 to 3 weeks to replace the poles.”
• Manatee County, FL (near Anna Maria) · Thunderstorm wind · $50,000
  “Winds, estimated at 45 to 50 mph, removed a large portion of a roof from a beachfront motel in Anna Maria, on the western barrier island of Manatee county.”
• Champaign County, IL (near Champaign) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $15,000
  “Thunderstorm winds blew off part of the roof of a storage building, damaging a car nearby. Also, numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down.”
• Broward County, FL (near Plantation) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $10,000
  “A severe thunderstorm wind blew a power line onto I-75, trapping several people in their vehicles and shutting down the highway for several hours.”

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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