Storm reports for July 26, 2001

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On July 26, 2001, 52 hail, 24 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 10 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Treasure 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 (52)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $148,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (84 events in 10 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Chatham County, GA (near Savannah) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $100,000
  “Several trees and large limbs fell on an Acura, a Jeep Cherokee, and a Toyota Camry.”
• Howard County, AR (near Umpire) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $20,000
  “Roof was torn off a chicken house and a nearby out building. Damage to a chimney and roofing shingles on a residential dwelling.”
• Howard County, AR (near Umpire) · Thunderstorm wind · $12,000
  “A house was damaged when strong winds removed shingles, a tree top, and part of a chimney. A shed was also unroofed on the east side of the house.”
• Sumter County, FL (near Oxford) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “Sumter county emergency management reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large trees along County Road 209, north of County Road 216, one mile southwest of Oxford, in northern Sumter county.”
• Charlotte County, FL (near Harbour Hgts) · Tornado F0 · $3,000
  “Damage survey conducted by Charlotte county emergency management in cooperation with the National Weather Service, concluded that a short-lived F0 tornado touched down along Guapore Drive near Deep Creek south of the Charlotte-De Soto county line.”
• Pike County, AR (near Nathan) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs and power lines.”

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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