Storm reports for August 23, 2002

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On August 23, 2002, 90 hail, 79 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 18 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Pembina County, ND.

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 (90)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4.5 million in property damage, $59,000 in crop damage and 2 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (176 events in 18 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Rogers County, OK (near Foyil) · Thunderstorm wind 66 mph · $50,000 · 1 injury
  “Law enforcement reported 65 mile an hour winds at Foyil. This wind caused damage to trees and power poles. The winds also blew down a metal shed at the football stadium. The falling shed injured a four year old girl who was at the location to watch a scrimmage.”
• Johnson County, IN (near Franklin) · Thunderstorm wind · $20,000 · 1 injury
  “Part of a ceiling of a Wal-Mart department store collapsed. One person had minor injuries.”
• Nowata County, OK (near Nowata) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $3.5 million
  “Thunderstorm winds measured at 74 miles an hour at a nearby mesonet site and estimated at 80 miles an hour at Nowata did widespread damage in and around Nowata. Several hundred trees and power poles were damaged or blown down. The trees fell on several houses causing roof damage.”
• Rogers County, OK (near Oologah) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $250,000
  “Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour caused severe damage to trees, power poles and structures in and around Oologah. Some of the power poles blown down were on the northern periphery of American Electric Power Plant grounds.”
• Putnam County, IN (near Greencastle) · Tornado F1 · $200,000
  “A tornado briefly touched down at the Putnam County Fairground and destroyed 1 horse stable and damaged one other building.”
• Potter County, TX (near Ady) · Thunderstorm wind 79 mph · $100,000
  “Roofs were torn off of mobile homes and power lines were blown down by the strong winds in Valle de Oro northwest of Amarillo.”

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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