Storm reports for July 14, 2004

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On July 14, 2004, 128 hail, 161 damaging-wind and 11 tornado reports were logged across 19 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Fannin County, GA.

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 (128)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $19 million in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (301 events in 19 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Madison County, AL (near Huntsville) · Tornado F0 · $10,000 · 1 injury
  “A short lived tornado produced scattered wind damage just southwest of Huntsville with a few trees snapped in half and one tree fell onto a home. One person was slightly injured due to the falling tree.”
• Lebanon County, PA (near Campbelltown) · Tornado F3 · $18 million
  “Thunderstorms spawned a strong F3 tornado in southern Lebanon County during the afternoon of July 14. The tornado first touched down in far western Lebanon County at 3:05 pm EDT, about 1 mile west of the town of Campbelltown.”
• Lee County, MS (near Tupelo) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $100,000
  “A large crane fell on a parking garage at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Several cars were damaged at the garage and had to be pulled out. Twenty homes were damaged by fallen trees in Plantersville.”
• Murray County, GA (near Chatsworth) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $100,000
  “The Daily Citizen of Dalton reported significant damage to trees and power lines in the Chatsworth area from thunderstorm winds. At one residence, nine trees were blown down, one causing minor damage to the roof. Another tree fell across the Mason apartments on Mount Carmel Road.”
• York County, PA (near Dover) · Tornado F1 · $100,000
  “Thunderstorms spawned a weak F1 tornado during the afternoon of Wednesday July 14 in northern York County. The tornado first touched down at the intersection of Route 83 and Fishing Creek Road in Frogtown, about 11.5 miles north of Dover. The tornado traveled east, damaging two buildings.”
• Fannin County, GA (near Mc Caysville) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $50,000
  “A National Weather Service storm survey, along with reports from the Fannin County 911 center and the public reported that numerous trees were blown down in a swath running from northwest to southeast across the county from the Tennessee border near McCaysville southeast across Blue Ridge to near…”

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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