Storm reports for August 19, 2004

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On August 19, 2004, 38 hail, 54 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Armstrong County, PA.

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 (38)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $205,000 in property damage and $200,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (93 events in 14 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Caddo Parish, LA (near Shreveport) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $40,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the Beavers Nest subdivision of Keithville, La. Structural damage consisted of a overturned storage building and a carport that was blown onto a vehicle. Another storage building was blown into a trailer causing moderate damage.”
• Knox County, OH (near Gambier) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $30,000
  “For the second time in less than 15 hours, severe thunderstorms moved across the Gambier area. Many trees and large limbs were downed in and just south of the town. Scattered power outages resulted from the downed trees.”
• Freestone County, TX (near Teague) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $10,000
  “A barn was damaged and trees were blown down.”
• Westmoreland County, PA (near Ligonier) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $10,000
  “Numerous trees and power lines blown down. 5000 customers lost electricity.”
• Allegheny County, PA (near Mc Keesport) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000
  “Trees down. 2000 customers lost electric power.”
• Union County, OH (near Marysville) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $8,000
  “Several trees were knocked down. One tree fell onto a house on Raymond Road, causing minor damage.”

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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