Storm reports for August 13, 2005

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On August 13, 2005, 25 hail, 179 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 19 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Huntington County, IN.

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 (25)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $616,000 in property damage, 1 injury and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (207 events in 20 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Tulsa County, OK (near Tulsa) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · 1 death
  “Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a three foot diameter tree. The tree fell on a pick up truck that was stopped at a traffic light near the 5600 block of South Peoria. The man in the truck died as the cabin was crushed by the tree.”
• Dallas County, MO (near Windyville) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · 1 injury
  “Downburst winds downed several trees at Bennett Springs State Park. One person sustained injuries from a large tree that fell.”
• Wayne County, OH (near Congress) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $75,000
  “A severe thunderstorm tracked east across Wayne County during the evening of the 10th. The thunderstorms took down numerous trees, large limbs, and power lines along a path from just south of Congress through Wooster to around Orrville.”
• Cooper County, MO (near Boonville) · Tornado F0 · $50,000
  “F0 gustnado along the leading edge of a line of thunderstorms produced damage to several homes in southwest Boonville. Also roofs torn off trailers, and numerous trees downed.”
• Eddy County, NM (near Artesia) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $35,000
  “A National Weather Service trained spotter reported that a mobile home was blown over.”
• Crawford County, OH (near Bucyrus) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $25,000
  “A large tree fell onto a house. Also, a wall and a portion of a roof were blown off of a barn.”

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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