Storm reports for July 16, 2007

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On July 16, 2007, 110 hail, 102 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Black Hawk County, IA.

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 (110)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.8 million in property damage and $536,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (216 events in 14 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Berks County, PA (near Kutztown) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $1 million
  “A severe thunderstorm damaged the second and third floors as well as the roof of a toothbrush manufacturing plant in Kutztown. The roof and part of the third story wall of the plant were partially knocked down. The main stairwell in the plant was also destroyed.”
• Fayette County, IA (near Oelwein) · Thunderstorm wind 68 mph · $100,000
  “Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Oelwein. The hardest hit area was on the northern side of town. Corn was also flattened in fields just northwest of town.”
• Washington County, IA (near Washington) · Tornado EF1 · $100,000
  “A tornado touched down on the east side of town. It moved south and lifted approximately one half mile south of town.||A car dealership and nearby storage garage were damaged in Washington. A car and small pickup truck were reported to be briefly lifted and dropped.”
• Washington County, IA (near Kalona) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $25,000
  “A corn field was flattened near town and some farm buildings were damaged near Highway 22 and Highway 1.”
• Tulsa County, OK (near Tulsa) · Hail 1.75″ · $25,000
  “Golfball size hail fell near the intersection of Harvard and Independence.”
• Louisa County, VA (near Louisa) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $20,000
  “Downed and defoliated trees and structural damage were due to and consistent with straight-line wind damage or microbursts. The degree of damage found indicates that wind gusts within the severe thunderstorm gusted between 70 and 90 mph. Several vehicles were destroyed by falling trees.”

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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