Storm reports for July 24, 2006

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On July 24, 2006, 61 hail, 43 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Pierce County, WI.

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 (61)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $74,000 in property damage and $17,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (104 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• McCook County, SD (near Canistota) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $30,000
  “Thunderstorm winds rolled and destroyed a camper.”
• Alpena County, MI (near Long Rapids) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $3,000
  “Numerous thunderstorms moved across Northern Lower Michigan in the evening. Only one became severe, downing trees on Maple Lane near M-65.”
• St. Tammany Parish, LA (near Slidell) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $2,000
  “Thunderstorm winds overturned a metal storage shed and knocked down a tree which caaused damage to a mobile home.”
• Crisp County, GA (near Cordele) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $2,000
  “The Dooly County Emergency Management Director reported that at least six trees were down on the northwest side of Cordele from there toward the Dooly county line as the result of a thunderstorm wind gust. One tree was also down near the intersection of U.S.”
• Shelby County, AL (near Wilsonville) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $1,000
  “Several tree limbs were blown down, blocking the road.”
• McCook County, SD (near Canistota) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph
  “Thunderstorm winds caused tree and power line damage, including 3 inch diameter branches blown down. A resulting power outage lasted about 2 hours.”

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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