Storm reports for August 23, 2001

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On August 23, 2001, 116 hail, 144 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Butler County, KS.

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 (116)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $718,000 in property damage and $540,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (267 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• McPherson County, KS (near Lindsborg) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $150,000
  “Fifteen power poles, of which nine were snapped, and their associated power lines downed. The resulting power outages affected most of Lindsborg including Lindsborg Community Hospital, a retirement home, the middle school, and Smoky Valley High School. Both schools were closed the next day.”
• Hall County, TX (near Memphis) · Hail 2.50″ · $150,000
  “Fire department storm spotters reported golfball to tennis ball size hail. The hail lasted for approximately 20 minutes and damaged buildings, smashed windows out of automobiles and homes, and destroyed crops in the storm's path.”
• Sedgwick County, KS (near Wichita) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $50,000
  “In East Wichita, about 20 utility poles and their associated power lines blown down, severing power to an estimated 19,000 KGE customers.”
• Donley County, TX (near Clarendon) · Thunderstorm wind 79 mph · $40,000
  “High winds at Clarendon High School knocked over the top two-thirds of one of the light poles at Bronco Stadium. The steel pole snapped electric lines and disrupted power in the city for half an hour. The pole fell on top of the south wall of the stadium but did not damage the historic rock wall.”
• Pulaski County, KY (near Nancy) · Thunderstorm wind · $25,000
  “Thunderstorm winds blew over a mobile home. A roof was blown off a garage and several 30 inch diameter trees were blown down.”
• Cowley County, KS (near Winfield) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $10,000
  “Tree uprooted and fell onto Union Hall Building at Strother Field.”

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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