Storm reports for July 27, 2004

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On July 27, 2004, 19 hail, 9 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 10 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Burlington County, NJ.

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 (19)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $613,000 in property damage and 2 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (30 events in 10 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Lancaster County, PA (near Willow Street) · Tornado F1 · $100,000
  “A thunderstorm spawned an F1 tornado in Lancaster County during the evening of July 27th. The tornado first touched down at 18:15 EST on an amish farm near the intersection of Byerland Church Road and Route 272 just south of the town of Willow Street.”
• Pima County, AZ (near Tucson) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $8,000
  “Law Enforcement reported about 5 power poles had been downed on the northwest side of Tucson. Newspapers reported that the same storm caused a tree to be downed on a home on Ederbrooke Road, and an NWS employee reported that another tree was uprooted and across Ina Road between La Cholla Road and…”
• Orangeburg County, SC (near Orangeburg) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Highway dept. reported large branches down on several roads from Orangeburg to 4 miles west of Orangeburg.”
• Yavapai County, AZ (near Humboldt) · Hail 0.75″
  “A spotter in Humboldt reported 3/4 inches diameter hail and two inches of rain in 30 minutes.”

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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