Storm reports for August 24, 2001

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On August 24, 2001, 29 hail, 37 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Lamb County, TX.

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 (29)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $152,000 in property damage and $50,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (67 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Sedgwick County, KS (near Mt Hope) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $100,000
  “Trees, power lines, and power poles downed, severing power for three hours. Lightpole toppled at Mt. Hope Grade School. Windows blown out and metal panels blown off co-op elevator company. Windows shattered at an unspecified number of residences. Pickup truck blown into an alfalfa field.”
• Oconee County, GA (near Watkinsville) · Thunderstorm wind · $30,000
  “The Oconee Emergency Management Director and the Georgia State Climatologist both reported that numerous trees and power lines were down in Watkinsville, including on the U.S. Highway 441 bypass west of town.”
• Reno County, KS (near Hutchinson) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $10,000
  “Five cottonwoods blown down, one of which punched a hole in the roof of a home.”
• McCormick County, SC (near Parksville) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $8,000
  “Corp of Engineers reported trees down on a home on the south shore of Clarks Hill Lake.”
• Emanuel County, GA (near Twin City) · Thunderstorm wind · $2,000
  “The Emanuel county 911 center reported that some power lines were blown down.”
• Emanuel County, GA (near Adrian) · Thunderstorm wind · $2,000
  “The Emanuel county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down in the city at Kemp Road and Meadow Road and also on U.S. Highway 80 West.”

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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