Storm reports for July 23, 2006

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On July 23, 2006, 3 hail, 8 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Niagara County, NY.

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 (3)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $60,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (14 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Riverside County, CA (near Menifee) · Tornado F0 · $25,000
  “A thunderstorm along the Elsinore Convergence Zone produced a landspout tornado near Menifee. The landspout blew over about a dozen pine trees and a few palm trees at the Menifee Lakes Country Club. A few homes were damage by falling trees.”
• Duplin County, NC (near Beulaville) · Tornado F0 · $15,000
  “Weak tornado briefly touched down destroying a chicken house.”
• Siskiyou County, CA (near Happy Camp) · Thunderstorm wind 67 mph
  “Spotter SY32 in Happy Camp reported strong winds with light rain, 1.5 inch thick branches were broken off of trees.”
• La Salle County, TX (near Encinal) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “A thunderstorm produced microburst over the city of Encinal. Broadcast media, from nearby Laredo, reported a large aluminum section of roof from an old school building in Encinal was blown off and carried downwind roughly one block into a house.”
• Jefferson County, OR (near Culver) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Trees down. Reported by law enforcement.”
• Siskiyou County, CA (near Happy Camp) · Hail 0.75″
  “Spotter SY50 just east of Happy Camp reported 3/4 inch hail.”

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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