Storm reports for July 11, 2003

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On July 11, 2003, 117 hail, 108 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 18 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Franklin County, KS.

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 (117)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.5 million in property damage, $10,000 in crop damage and 3 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (227 events in 19 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Bladen County, NC (near Elizabethtown) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $4,000 · 3 injuries
  “A thunderstorm wind gust blew a 15,000 square foot tent 40 feet into the air, injuring three people. One vehicle was damaged. One large tree was also blown down.”
• Franklin County, KS (near Ottawa) · Hail 2.75″ · $1 million
  “Widespread baseball size hail damaged roofs, buildings, and many car windows in the Ottawa area during an early evening storm.”
• Spartanburg County, SC (near Grnvl Sprtnbrg Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $50,000
  “An empty trailer was moved several feet by the wind. A manufacturing plant suffered roof damage and 2- inch steel flagpoles were broken in half.”
• Cherokee County, SC (near Blacksburg) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $50,000
  “Numerous trees were blown down in a 500 to 1000 foot swath. A portion of the roof was blown off of a house.”
• Clarke County, MS (near Carmichael) · Thunderstorm wind 66 mph · $50,000
  “Several large trees were blown down along with 2 barns along county road 631. A nearby house had some roof damage.”
• Mayes County, OK (near Spavinaw) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $20,000
  “Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew numerous trees down in the Spavinaw area. One tree fell on a garage and a few others made glancing blows on vehicles. Shingles were also blown off a few roofs.”

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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