Storm reports for February 21, 2005

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On February 21, 2005, 169 hail, 50 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in DeKalb County, AL.

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 (169)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $30.2 million in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (224 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Cobb County, GA (near Acworth) · Hail 2.50″ · $5 million
  “Numerous reports of large hail were received from the public in Acworth, Kennesaw, and Marietta. Golf ball to tennis ball-sized hail was reported in Acworth, golf ball-sized hail in Kennesaw, and nickel to quarter-sized hail in Marietta. Damage was reported to vehicles and residences.”
• Gwinnett County, GA (near Norcross) · Hail 1.75″ · $5 million
  “The Gwinnett County SkyWarn coordinator reported golf ball-sized hail in Lilburn. The public reported nickel-sized hail in the eastern portions of Norcross/western portions of Lilburn near Interstate-85.”
• DeKalb County, GA (near Druid Hills) · Hail 2.00″ · $4.6 million
  “An employee of the DeKalb County Water Department reported that hail ranging in size from pennies to greater than golf ball, on the order of 2.0 inches in diameter fell.”
• Cherokee County, GA (near Canton) · Hail 2.75″ · $4.5 million
  “The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director, along with numerous reports from the public, confirmed that a wide swath of large and very damaging hail fell across much of the central portion of Cherokee county from three miles west of Canton to Hickory Flat, southeast of Canton.”
• Gwinnett County, GA (near Sugar Hill) · Hail 1.75″ · $3.9 million
  “Numerous reports of large hail, ranging in size from pennies to golf balls, were received from the public in the Buford, Sugar Hill, Suwanee, and Dacula areas.”
• Dickson County, TN (near Dickson) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $1 million
  “Damage was first noted about 3/4 of a mile west of the high school. A pool house was moved about 4 inches at Buckner Park. A few trees were blown down as well. Also...a barn was completely destroyed near the high school. Roof damage was observed at the high school, and several windows were broken.”

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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