Storm reports for February 20, 2005

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On February 20, 2005, 43 hail, 9 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 5 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Tipton County, TN.

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 (43)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $7,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (52 events in 5 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Washington County, AR (near Winslow) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $1,000
  “Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs and peeled several shingles off the roof of a home.”
• Muskogee County, OK (near Muskogee Davis Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 67 mph
  “The ASOS at Davis Field measured a 67 mile an hour wind gust.”
• Crawford County, AR (near Bidville) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.”
• Baxter County, AR (near Mountain Home) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.”
• Van Buren County, AR (near Botkinburg) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a storage shed.”
• McCracken County, KY (near Lone Oak) · Hail 0.75″
  “Copious amounts of pea to penny size hail fell across many parts of McCracken County, covering some surfaces briefly. The hailstones were up to the size of pennies in the Lone Oak area.”

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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