Storm reports for October 13, 2001

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On October 13, 2001, 3 hail, 108 damaging-wind and 28 tornado reports were logged across 5 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Stone County, MS.

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 (3)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $5.9 million in property damage, 6 injuries and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (139 events in 5 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Walton County, FL (near Argyle) · Tornado F1 · $750,000
  “An F1 tornado touched down in extreme southeast Walton County, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and Smokehouse Lake Road. During its brief, intermittent one-mile track across Smokehouse Lake Road, it destroyed two and damaged twelve trailers, damaged two homes, damaged twelve vehicles…”
• Santa Rosa County, FL (near Milton) · Tornado F1 · $625,000
  “An F1 tornado occurred near Byron Street just to the northwest of Milton High School. Most of the damage produced by the tornado was to trees and to the roofs of homes, with one of the homes having it's roof completely torn off.”
• Franklin County, FL (near Apalachicola) · Tornado F1 · $325,000
  “An F1 tornado touched down on St George Island. It destroyed a house at 320 Marks Street, and moderately damaged a neighboring house. Ten other houses on Marks Street sustained minor damage. Reported by the Franklin County EMA.”
• Washington County, FL (near Wausau) · Tornado F1 · $300,000
  “An F1 tornado touched down just south of Gilberts Mill and produced a damage path across Gilberts Mill Road, Highpocket Lane and Stewart Road, before it lifted a half-mile north of Stewart Road.”
• Baldwin County, AL (near Foley) · Tornado F3 · $250,000
  “An F3 tornado initially touched down just south of the Grove Home Park on County Road 16. The tornado then tracked north just east of County Road 65 to County Road 12, just southwest of Foley.”
• Escambia County, FL (near Pensacola) · Tornado F0 · $250,000
  “An F0 tornado touched down in the Coral Creek Subdivision, along Coral Reef Road. Twenty five homes suffered some degree of roof damage, with three of the homes sustaining major roof damage. Many homes had some window damage, mainly resulting from flying debris. A few homes also had fence damage.”

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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