Storm reports for August 16, 2001

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On August 16, 2001, 6 hail, 20 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Elbert County, CO.

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

Hail reports (6)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $100,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (27 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Ouachita Parish, LA (near Monroe) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $45,000
  “Numerous large trees were toppled. One tree fell across a new parked vehicle and crushed it.”
• McLennan County, TX (near West) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $25,000
  “A mobile home was destroyed by high winds.”
• Clearfield County, PA (near Luthersburg) · Tornado F1 · $5,000
  “A Small Tornado occurred in northwest Clearfield County. The path length of the tornado was approximately 3.5 miles long, and about 20 to 30 yards wide.”
• Cameron County, PA (near Emporium) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “A roof was partially blown off of the Buttonwood Hotel in Emporium.”
• Maricopa County, AZ (near Gila Bend) · Thunderstorm wind 76 mph
  “A large thunderstorm complex developed over northwest Maricopa County and moved to the south and southwest. The thunderstorm induced gust front, at times over 60 miles long, west to east, caused widespread electric power outages in the Gila Bend area south to Ajo in west Pima County.”
• Pinal County, AZ (near Florence Jct) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph
  “Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew down electric power poles disrupting electric service to homes from Gold Canyon to Queen Creek.”

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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