Storm reports for September 9, 2003

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On September 9, 2003, 60 hail, 12 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Gove 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 (60)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $33,000 in property damage, $1.3 million in crop damage and 4 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (75 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Bernalillo County, NM (near Albuquerque) · Thunderstorm wind 52 mph · 4 injuries
  “Thunderstorms with gusty winds of 45-50 mph moved across Albuquerque. A large and leafy tree limb fell at the New Mexico State Fair causing minor injuries to 4 people. Two men were transported to hospital and then released.”
• Hartley County, TX (near Channing) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $5,000
  “An electrical transmission line was reported blown down by the high winds causing two hundred and seventy-two homes in the town of Channing to be without power.”
• Finney County, KS (near Garden City) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph
  “Two to three diameter limbs were blown down.”
• Navajo County, AZ (near White Cone) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “A roof was blown off a building in White Cone.”
• Bee County, TX (near Tynan) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “15 power poles blown down along Highway 359. Dime size hail was also reported.”
• Yoakum County, TX (near Plains) · Hail 1.75″
  “The Yoakum County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail.”

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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