Storm reports for September 14, 2004

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On September 14, 2004, 71 hail, 24 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 10 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Dundy County, NE.

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 (71)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $187,000 in property damage, $212,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (98 events in 10 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Denton County, TX (near Sanger) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $25,000 · 1 injury
  “A house under construction collapsed from high winds, trapping a worker inside. It took an hour to free him from the debris before he could be taken to a hospital. Some trees and power lines were also blown down.”
• Cooke County, TX (near Gainesville) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $25,000
  “A mobile home was unroofed in the FRF Estates. A telephone pole was blown down and the canopy over a rodeo arena was blown off. A fence around the arena was uprooted and blown away. Some trees were also blown down.”
• Buena Vista County, IA (near Storm Lake) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $20,000
  “Thunderstorm winds caused tree and power line damage. The damage resulted in a power outage that lasted two and a half hours and affected over a thousand city households, about a third of the city's population.”
• Buena Vista County, IA (near Linn Grove) · Thunderstorm wind 79 mph · $10,000
  “Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees, blew off the top of a 100 foot silo, and blew down a chicken pen.”
• Clay County, KS (near Clay Center) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $9,000
  “Strong winds blew down power lines. Also a tree was blow down onto a parked car doing minor damage. Asecond tree was blown down onto the roof of a house causing some roof damage.”
• Marshall County, KS (near Blue Rapids) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $2,000
  “Strong winds blew down a 15 inch diameter tree limb which did minor damage to a pick-up truck parked nearby.”

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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