Storm reports for July 14, 2003

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On July 14, 2003, 77 hail, 44 damaging-wind and 17 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Koochiching County, MN.

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 (77)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $3 million in property damage and $2,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (139 events in 14 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Blue Earth County, MN (near St Clair) · Tornado F2 · $2 million
  “The sixth tornado in a series was the last of five to hit Blue Earth County. This one took direct aim on four farmsteads. Barns, sheds and outbuildings were downed. A roof was taken off a house and numerous trees were snapped. Law Enforcement video showed this to be a multiple vortex tornado.”
• Blue Earth County, MN (near Rapidan) · Tornado F1 · $500,000
  “The fourth tornado in a series formed atop a bluff on the west side of the Le Sueur River valley, struck two homes down in the river valley, then moved back up the bluffs on the east side of the valley, where it snapped many trees and produced minor damage to some more houses, sheds and…”
• Grant County, NM (near Silver City) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $10,000
  “A strong dry microburst blew over a storage shed and ripped off a metal awning. The debris from the awning caused damage to several vehicles at two nearby automobile dealerships.”
• Westmoreland County, PA (near Adamsburg) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5,000
  “Numerous trees blown down along Route 136.”
• Grant County, WV (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $2,000
  “Two trees and a storage shed were downed at Sites Hollow.”
• Ford County, KS (near Dodge City) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph
  “Shingles of a roof were torn off by this dry microburst wind.”

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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