Storm reports for July 6, 2005

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On July 6, 2005, 41 hail, 44 damaging-wind and 25 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Oldham 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 (41)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $75.4 million in property damage, $40,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (114 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Macon County, AL (near Tuskegee) · Tornado F1 · $48,000 · 1 injury
  “National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage between near the Woodland community and determined the damage was the result of a tornado. The tornado touched down at approximately 234 PM CDT near the intersection of County Road 56 and State Highway 199, about 8 miles northwest of…”
• Henry County, GA (near Hampton) · Tornado F2 · $70 million
  “A National Weather Service damage survey confirmed an F2 tornado, the strongest tornado of the evening associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy, touched down just a few hundred yards south of McDonough Street at the Atlanta Motor Speedway then traveled north-northwest passing just east…”
• Fayette County, GA (near Fayetteville) · Tornado F0 · $1.9 million
  “A National Weather Service damage survey team determined that an F0 tornado touched down approximately two miles southeast of Fayetteville near Hilo Road and traveled on the ground approximately one mile to the north, terminating near Jeff Davis in southeast Fayetteville.”
• Clayton County, GA (near Lovejoy) · Tornado F1 · $1.5 million
  “This tornado is a continuation of the F2 tornado that began near the Atlanta Motor Speedway just west of Hampton in Henry county, then continued north-northwest passing just east of Lovejoy in Clayton county, then across the Edgar Blalock Raw Water Reservation, at which point it turned northwest…”
• Newton County, GA (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $250,000
  “An amateur radio operator reported that numerous large trees were blown down around the Burt Adams Boy Scout Camp off Georgia Highway 36 about four miles south of Covington. Power was also out throughout the area.”
• Oldham County, TX (near Adrian) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $189,000
  “Tractor trailer overturned on Interstate 40 due to the high winds and wind damage to crops in the area. Also...two pivot sprinklers sustained major damage four or five miles east of the town of Simms Texas. One pivot sprinkler was twisted and the other was completely turned over.”

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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