Storm reports for April 26, 2002

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On April 26, 2002, 19 hail, 3 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Lea County, NM.

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 (19)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $23,000 in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (22 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Orange County, FL (near Orlando) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5,000 · 1 injury
  “Severe thunderstorms produced dime size hail in the Disney area and blew down a large tree onto a house in Orlando injuring one person.”
• Davis County, UT (near Bountiful) · Hail 0.75″
  “A severe thunderstorm produced 3/4 inch hail in the town of Bountiful.”
• Payne County, OK (near Stillwater) · Hail 0.75″
  “Hail was reported at Highway 51 and Range Road.”

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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