Storm reports for August 3, 2006

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On August 3, 2006, 23 hail, 147 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 21 states. The largest hail reported was 1.25″ (half dollar size) in Broome 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 (23)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1 million in property damage and 2 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (171 events in 21 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Knox County, OH (near Mt Vernon) · Tornado F0 · $325,000 · 1 injury
  “A F0 tornado touched down briefly on the west side of Mt. Vernon during the afternoon hours of August 3rd. The tornado touched down along Harcourt Road (State Route 3) around 4:25 pm and damaged four businesses. A lumber yard on the west side of the road saw the most significant damage.”
• Champaign County, OH (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $8,000 · 1 injury
  “Large tree limbs were knocked down. One woman was injured in Urbana when a tree limb fell on her vehicle.”
• Knox County, OH (near Central Portion) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $120,000
  “The parent thunderstorm that produced a tornado on the west side of Mt. Vernon also produced significant wind damage as it moved across the central portion of Knox County. Many trees and limbs were downed. In Mt. Vernon, several homes and a few garages were damaged.”
• St. Lucie County, FL (near Ft Pierce) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $30,000
  “Thunderstorm winds blew down large tents and advertising signs at the St. Lucie County faregrounds.”
• Pottawatomie County, OK (near Shawnee) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $25,000
  “Many trees were downed on the north side of town, near Interstate 40 and Highway 77. Numerous tree limbs, up to 8 inches in diameter, were also downed across town. A chain link fence was downed. An outbuilding was blown over. A movie theater sign was also splintered.”
• Armstrong County, TX (near Claude) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $21,000
  “A wood frame barn seven feet tall...fifty feet long...and twenty feet wide was moved twenty feet by the high winds. The barn crushed two horse trailers...a small grain silo and a chain link fence.”

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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