Storm reports for July 7, 2005

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On July 7, 2005, 44 hail, 67 damaging-wind and 22 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Bottineau County, ND.

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 (44)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.3 million in property damage, $400,000 in crop damage and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (135 events in 15 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Rolette County, ND (near Belcourt) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · 1 death
  “Trailer home blown over by straight line winds. Trailer home was not tied down.”
• Iredell County, NC (near Harmony) · Tornado F2 · $2 million
  “This tornado touched down in the Houstonville Rd area and tracked almost due north. Extensive damage was done to a dairy farm in the Houstonville community, with damage to several other agricultural buildings in the area.”
• Alexander County, NC (near Taylorsville) · Tornado F2 · $150,000
  “This tornado touched down near highway 16 just north of the Catawba County line. Two brick homes and a business received severe roof damage in this area, while a mobile home was completely destroyed.”
• Rutherford County, NC (near Forest City) · Tornado F1 · $50,000
  “This tornado moved into far southern Rutherford County from Spartanburg County in the Jonas Rd area. The metal roof was torn off a barn just across the state line. Otherwise, damage was mainly confined to snapped off an uprooted trees, some of which fell on homes.”
• Angelina County, TX (near Lufkin) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $25,000
  “A tree was blown down onto a home in town.”
• Brazoria County, TX (near Clute) · Thunderstorm wind 66 mph · $15,000
  “Storage building roof ripped off and blown over a neighboring row of storage units. The roof landed near another building.”

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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