Storm reports for August 11, 2005

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On August 11, 2005, 14 hail, 26 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Cedar County, IA.

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 (14)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $147,000 in property damage and $80,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (44 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Cedar County, IA (near Downey) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $60,000
  “Storm entered Cedar County from Johnson County northwest of Downey. At the West Branch exit on Interstate 80 a loaded semi was blown over. Trees and power lines were downed in West Branch along with baseball sized hail 4 miles east of the town.”
• Cedar County, IA (near West Branch) · Hail 2.75″ · $40,000
  “Baseball sized hail damaged the home of the county emergency manager and several other homes on the east side of West Branch.”
• Greene County, OH (near Yellow Spgs) · Hail 1.25″ · $15,000
  “Numerous trees were downed across town as well. One of the trees fell on a garage and two on parked vehicles, causing minor damage.”
• Montgomery County, OH (near Huber Hgts) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $10,000
  “Numerous trees and large limbs were downed along Chambersburg and Harshaman Roads. One of the trees fell on two parked vehicles, causing minor damage. A chain link fence was pushed over at the Children's World Learning Center along Old Troy Pike.”
• Clark County, OH (near Enon) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $8,000
  “Several trees were knocked down in a swath along Haddix Road east into the Holiday Valley subdivision. This was a possible microburst.”
• Greene County, OH (near Wright-Patterson Afb) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $3,000
  “A 70 mph wind gust was recorded at Wright-Patterson AFB. Several trees were also downed just north of the base, on the north side of Fairborn.”

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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