Storm reports for March 14, 2003

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On March 14, 2003, 30 hail, 7 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Escambia County, AL.

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 (30)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $72,000 in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (38 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Tallapoosa County, AL (near Dadeville) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $12,000
  “A wind gust with a thunderstorm downed or split several trees on the north side of US 280 about 6.2 miles northwest of Dadeville. Two homes lost shingles and another house had one corner of the metal roof lifted and bent.”
• Lauderdale County, MS (near Meridian) · Hail 1.00″ · $10,000
  “Quarter to nickel sized hail covered the ground on the southeast side of Meridian.”
• Highlands County, FL (near Avon Park) · Thunderstorm wind 46 mph · $5,000
  “A stationary thunderstorm blew the roof off a gabled secion of a roof-over of a mobile home”
• Russell County, AL (near Pittsview) · Hail 1.75″ · $5,000
  “A supercell thunderstorm produced a swath of golf ball size hail from near the Rutherford community, to Pittsview, to near Cottonton.”
• Escambia County, AL (near Atmore) · Hail 1.75″ · $4,000
  “Golfball size hail from a thunderstorm broke several automobile windshields along I-65 near Atmore. Several trees also had leaves stripped from them as a result of the large hail. The hail lasted for several minutes, and vehicles had to pull off the interstate because of low visibilities.”
• Tallapoosa County, AL (near Jacksons Gap) · Hail 1.75″ · $3,000
  “Marble to golf ball size hail fell from near Lake Martin to near Jackson's Gap.”

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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