Storm reports for July 29, 2006

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On July 29, 2006, 28 hail, 107 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 16 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Itasca County, MN.

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 (28)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $493,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (141 events in 16 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Liberty County, GA (near Hinesville) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $50,000
  “Several trees down in Hinesville with one tree falling on a house.”
• Berkeley County, SC (near Bonneau) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $50,000
  “Several boats flipped over by high winds near the Overton neighborhood.”
• Franklin County, IL (near Sesser) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $20,000
  “In Sesser, numerous trees were blown down, with some lying across a few vehicles and homes. Along the west side of Rend Lake at south Sandusky Beach, numerous small trees and limbs were down. A four-inch diameter branch ripped through the roof of a camper.”
• Onondaga County, NY (near Marcellus) · Tornado F0 · $10,000
  “A tornado touched down in the village of Marcellus around 4 pm. Damage was largely to trees which were uprooted and snapped. A portion of a tin roof on a residence was pulled off the building and flipped to the other side.”
• Sanilac County, MI (near New Greenleaf) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $8,000
  “A local newspaper included pictures of several small trees uprooted at a residence along Cleland Road in northwest Sanilac County. Two barn roofs also sustained some damage.”
• Dent County, MO (near Salem) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $5,000
  “Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few power lines over central Dent County.”

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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