Storm reports for September 18, 2007

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On September 18, 2007, 12 hail, 64 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Dawson County, TX.

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

Hail reports (12)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $305,000 in property damage and $32,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (76 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Wayne County, IA (near Corydon) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $40,000
  “A 4 foot diameter tree uprooted, along with several 10 to 20 inch tree limbs being blown down. This included many hard wood trees down in the town of Corydon. One house had several shingles and a half sheet of plywood blown off at the chimney and one large tree down.”
• Clayton County, IA (near Edgewood) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $25,000
  “A 50 x 80 foot pole barn was blown down and destroyed by a severe thunderstorm wind gust.”
• Clayton County, IA (near Littleport) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $20,000
  “Two barns were blown down and destroyed by a severe thunderstorm wind gust on Grandview Road midway between Elkader and Garber.”
• Benton County, IA (near Keystone) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $20,000
  “Winds estimated to be 70 mph blew a 55,000 bushel grain bin over and a fertilizer storage bin 30 feet.”
• Wayne County, IA (near Corydon) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $15,000
  “Winds were reported from KCCI TV schoolnet site.”
• Poweshiek County, IA (near Montezuma) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $10,000
  “A trained spotter measured this wind gust and reported tree limb damage.”

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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