Storm reports for July 28, 2001

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On July 28, 2001, 27 hail, 59 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 15 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Pennington County, SD.

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 (27)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $112,000 in property damage and 2 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (87 events in 15 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Carroll County, AR (near Green Forest) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $30,000
  “Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees and power lines. A few of the trees landed on roofs of houses.”
• Haakon County, SD (near Grindstone) · Hail 2.00″ · $10,000
  “Large hail broke windows in 3 homes and damaged some crops.”
• Brule County, SD (near Chamberlain Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5,000
  “Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage at a campground. Falling trees broke the air conditioning shroud on one camper and the awning on another camper.”
• Nowata County, OK (near Nowata) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $3,000
  “Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power lines and an amateur radio antenna.”
• Sheridan County, WY (near Sheridan) · Thunderstorm wind 83 mph
  “72 mph thunderstorm wind gust estimated by spotter.”
• Carbon County, MT (near Joliet) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph
  “Wind damage. Roof blown off house and chicken coop blown over”

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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