Storm reports for August 30, 2006

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On August 30, 2006, 18 hail, 51 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Kanawha County, WV.

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 (18)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $6.3 million in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (72 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Kanawha County, WV (near Charleston) · Hail 2.50″ · $6 million
  “Hail, the size of golf balls to tennis balls, fell on the West Side hills of Charleston, then across the Knollwood and Mink Shoals vicinity, to Coonskin Park and Capital High School. The swath of hail then reached toward Crede and Big Chimney.”
• Kanawha County, WV (near Guthrie) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $75,000
  “Trees fell along Fisher Branch damaging a few homes.”
• Mobile County, AL (near Grand Bay) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $45,000
  “High winds from a thunderstorm blew the roofs off of two portable buildings at a school in Grand Bay. Trees were also blown down and nickel size hail was also reported in the area. No students were in the portables when their roofs were blown off.”
• Dale County, AL (near Ewell) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $15,000
  “A double-wide trailer and two adjacent sheds were damaged. Reported by the Dale County EMA.”
• Baldwin County, AL (near Bay Minette) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $12,000
  “High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees and power lines in the Bay Minette area.”
• Escambia County, AL (near Brewton) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $12,000
  “High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees and power lines in the Brewton area.”

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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