Storm reports for July 7, 2003

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On July 7, 2003, 108 hail, 341 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 20 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Jasper County, IA.

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 (108)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $10.2 million in property damage and $334,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (459 events in 21 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Seneca County, OH (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $500,000
  “A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Seneca County and caused extensive damage. A 69 mph gust was measured in Tiffin at 3:51 a.m. Over 100 trees and at least ten power poles were downed in the county. Several homes were damaged across the county and a barn was leveled on County Road 39.”
• Erie County, OH (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $400,000
  “A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Erie County during the early morning hours causing widespread damage and scattered power outages. The Milan, Sandusky and Berlin Heights areas were especially hard hit. A 65 mph thunderstorm gust was measured at Huron at 4:47 a.m.”
• Huron County, OH (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $300,000
  “A line of severe thunderstorms moved east across Huron County early in the morning and caused widespread damage and scattered power outages. A 65 mph wind gust was measured near Norwalk at 4:30 a.m.”
• Cuyahoga County, OH (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $300,000
  “A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Cuyahoga County just before daybreak causing widespread damage and scattered power outages. The southern half of the county was hardest hit with dozens of trees downed in both Brookpark and Berea. Many other trees were downed elsewhere in the county.”
• Lorain County, OH (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $250,000
  “A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Lorain County before daybreak causing widespread damage and power outages. The Elyria and Lorain areas were very hard hit with dozens of trees downed in both cities. A 65 mph thunderstorm gust was measured at Elyria at 5:00 a.m.”
• Stark County, OH (near Hartville) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $250,000
  “A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Stark County just before daybreak and caused widespread damage and scattered power outages. A 63 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured near Hartville at 531 a.m.”

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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