Storm reports for August 30, 2004

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On August 30, 2004, 23 hail, 8 damaging-wind and 15 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Briscoe County, TX.

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 (23)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $148,000 in property damage and $370,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (50 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Briscoe County, TX (near Silverton) · Hail 1.75″ · $25,000
  “Law enforcement officials reported golfball size hail.”
• Keya Paha County, NE (near Springview) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $10,000
  “Thunderstorm outflow winds broke off large tree branches and snapped off power poles.”
• Dinwiddie County, VA (near Ford) · Tornado F0 · $10,000
  “F0 tornado downed or damaged trees, and lifted up and threw a shed.”
• York County, VA (near Tabb) · Tornado F0 · $10,000
  “F0 tornado downed trees and damaged roofs at Pinewood Drive and Highway 134.”
• York County, VA (near Seaford) · Tornado F0 · $10,000
  “F0 tornado blew roof off of garage and damaged trees.”
• New Kent County, VA (near New Kent) · Tornado F0 · $10,000
  “F0 tornado touched down at Cumberland Hospital downing trees and causing some structural damage. Tornado then caused intermittent damage to trees along a nearly 6 mile path ending about 2 miles south of Tunstall.”

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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