Storm reports for July 29, 2004

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On July 29, 2004, 35 hail, 18 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Custer County, SD.

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 (35)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $58,000 in property damage and $10,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (56 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Gaines County, TX (near Seminole) · Thunderstorm wind 72 mph · $20,000
  “After the landspout tornado southwest of Seminole dissipated, a severe thunderstorm propagated toward the city from the northwest. This storm produced a downburst north of Seminole. The West Texas Mesonet site two miles north of of the city recorded a wind gust of 73 MPH.”
• Garden County, NE (near Oshkosh) · Thunderstorm wind 71 mph · $15,000
  “Trees and power poles were snapped off and a metal shed was tossed by the strong outflow winds.”
• Perkins County, NE (near Madrid) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $10,000
  “The outflow winds from a strong thunderstorm downed trees and powers poles.”
• Deuel County, NE (near Chappell) · Hail 1.75″ · $10,000
  “Windows were broken, siding on homes was damaged, and crops were shredded by the large hail.”
• Gaines County, TX (near Seminole) · Tornado F0 · $2,000
  “The Gaines County Emergency Manager photographed a brief tornado just southwest of Seminole. Several reports of funnel clouds were reported across west Texas during the afternoon of the 29th as scattered thunderstorms developed within a modified tropical airmass.”
• Red Willow County, NE (near Mc Cook) · Thunderstorm wind 79 mph
  “Several power poles down. Two transformers caught on fire. Power out for two hours. Vendor tents at county fair blown down. No damage to more permanent structures or rides at the fair. Some large branches and a couple big trees down.”

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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