Storm reports for August 18, 2001

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On August 18, 2001, 85 hail, 93 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) in Benton County, IN.

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 (85)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $246,000 in property damage, $20,000 in crop damage and 7 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (185 events in 14 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Douglas County, IL (near Tuscola) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · 6 injuries
  “Six people were injured at a local festival in Atwood from flying debris, which is west of Tuscola on the Douglas/Piatt county line. One of the people injured was taken to a local hospital. Several power lines were reported down as well as a number of trees falling onto cars and houses in Atwood.”
• Orange County, FL (near Orlando) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $30,000
  “Thunderstorm winds blew down trees that heavily damaged three cars and the roof of a house.”
• Jefferson County, IL (near Waltonville) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $25,000
  “A supercell thunderstorm tracked east-southeast across southern Jefferson County. The greatest concentration of sporadic wind damage was oriented in a 4-mile long swath through Waltonville. Several large trees and tree limbs were downed. Two barns and one car were damaged by falling tree debris.”
• Adams County, IN (near Decatur) · Thunderstorm wind · $25,000
  “The Quality Glass store at 12th Street and Nuttman Avenue had the top section of its roof torn off by a thunderstorm wind gust. Damage to the roof was estimated to be between $10,000 and $15,000. Debris from the roof was blown across 12th Street and onto a parked car and into two yards.”
• Robeson County, NC (near Fairmont) · Tornado F0 · $25,000
  “A NWS site damage assessment determined a F0 tornado touched down on Broadridge Road, 1 1/2 miles off of Hwy 74W, six miles east of Fairmont. It lifted a shed and carried it 15 yards. Metal roofing was torn from a horse barn and a porch. A chain link fence was also damaged.”
• Wabash County, IN (near Wabash) · Thunderstorm wind · $25,000
  “A tree was blown down in the 200 block of Elm Street, damaging several automobiles. A downed tree blocked the road and downed a power line at 62 W. Harrison Street. Another downed tree blocked the intersection of Hawthorne and Lafayette Streets.”

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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