Storm reports for July 28, 2002

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On July 28, 2002, 99 hail, 200 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 18 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Kingsbury County, SD.

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 (99)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $8.8 million in property damage, $2.6 million in crop damage and 4 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (306 events in 19 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Kingsbury County, SD (near Lake Preston) · Hail 2.75″ · $500,000 · 2 injuries
  “Large hail broke windows, and heavily damaged vehicles and boats. Holes were punched by the hail in some of the boats. Two boaters on Lake Thompson were injured by the hail. One was taken to the hospital with a head injury, and the other suffered several welts on the back from hailstone hits.”
• Steuben County, NY (near Hornell) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $2,000 · 2 injuries
  “Trees and wires were downed in Hornell and North Hornell. 600 customers lost electric power. Two people were injured from a falling tree branch in Hornell at the corner of Main and Collier Streets. The male victim suffered a shoulder injury while the female victim suffered head and neck injuries.”
• Brookings County, SD (near Sinai) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $3 million
  “Thunderstorm winds caused widespread structural, tree, and power line damage in and near Sinai. The roof was ripped off a mobile home, a well drilling business was destroyed, the siding from another business was ripped off, part of a grain elevator was smashed, several garages were destroyed or…”
• Onondaga County, NY (near Mottville) · Tornado F1 · $2 million
  “The tornado touched down briefly in the hamlet of Mottville which is in the town of Skaneateles. The tornado's path length was approximately 100 yards and its width was approximately 50 yards. A trailer home was destroyed in the center of Mottville.”
• Onondaga County, NY (near Skaneateles) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $1 million
  “Thunderstorms winds downed numerous trees and wires from Skaneateles through Marcellus, Marietta, and Amber to Otisco. The worst damage was in the village of Skaneateles. In the village an antique boat show was wrapping up. The wind overturned many sailboats on the lake.”
• Kingsbury County, SD (near Oldham) · Hail 1.75″ · $500,000
  “Large hail broke numerous windows in buildings and vehicles in Oldham and rural areas nearby, and caused other damage to vehicles. The hail also caused or along with severe winds contributed to widespread crop damage in the area, with some crops totally destroyed.”

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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