Storm reports for December 1, 2006

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On December 1, 2006, 5 hail, 129 damaging-wind and 5 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 0.88″ (nickel size) in Jefferson County, PA. Tornadoes killed 1.

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 (5)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4.8 million in property damage, 6 injuries and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (139 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Dauphin County, PA (near Halifax) · Tornado F1 · $2 million · 1 death
  “A thunderstorm spawned an F1 tornado south of the town of Halifax in Dauphin county, as determined by a National Weather Service storm survey team. The tornado was embedded within a much larger area of downburst wind damage.|The tornado touched down near Route 147 about 1.3 miles south of Halifax.”
• Luzerne County, PA (near Hobbie) · Tornado F2 · $1 million · 5 injuries
  “At 4:52 pm EST, Friday, December 1st, a tornado touched down near Hobbie in Luzerne County. The tornado tracked about 20 miles east northeast through Dorrance, Mountaintop, and Fairview Heights to Bear Creek where it lifted.”
• Lehigh County, PA (near Jacksonville) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · 1 injury
  “A line of severe thunderstorms knocked down several trees and wires throughout Lehigh County. In Allentown, a sign was blown off a Dollar General store and struck and injured a 30-year-old passerby. In Washington Township, greater than 100-year-old trees were knocked down.”
• Northampton County, PA (near Mt Bethel) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $1 million
  “A line of severe thunderstorms knocked down hundreds of trees and numerous wires throughout Northampton County, but affected the slate belt region in the upper part of the county the hardest. Upper Mount Bethel Township had the worst reported damage.”
• Dauphin County, PA (near Halifax) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $200,000
  “Thunderstorm winds produced a 8 mile long swath of damage from 2.5 miles southwest of Halifax, to 6.5 miles east of Halifax. Damage began near the intersection of Shammons School Road, about 1 mile east of the Susquehanna River, and ended in a wooded area of Jackson Township, about 1.5 miles east…”
• Cheshire County, NH (near Keene) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $125,000
  “Two trees were downed onto houses in Keene, one on Allen Court and one on New Acres Road. The house on New Acres Road was completely destroyed. Trees and wires were downed on Route 119 in Rindge and also in Surry.”

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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