Storm reports for February 25, 2008

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On February 25, 2008, 30 hail, 34 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Concordia Parish, LA. 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 (30)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $29.2 million in property damage, 4 injuries and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (70 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Jefferson County, AL (near Leeds) · Tornado EF1 · $1 million · 1 death
  “After investigating a very complex pattern of widespread damage with both a ground survey team and an aerial survey, surveys teams concluded that a portion of the damage in the city of Leeds was caused by a tornado.”
• Fulton County, GA (near Roswell) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $2 million · 2 injuries
  “The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that the same squall line that rolled through several west central and northwest Georgia counties early in the morning caused extensive damage across Fulton county as well.”
• Carroll County, GA (near Bowdon) · Tornado EF3 · $8 million · 1 injury
  “A ground and aerial damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia and the Carroll County Emergency Management Director concluded that an EF3 tornado touched down in extreme western Carroll county, just across the Alabama state line, about 13…”
• Carroll County, GA (near Carrollton) · Tornado EF1 · $7 million · 1 injury
  “A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia and the Carrollton County Emergency Management Director confirmed that yet another tornado touched down in eastern Carroll county spawned by the same squall line of thunderstorms that just a few…”
• Cobb County, GA (near Acworth) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $5 million
  “A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia and The Weather Channel concluded that a microburst with wind speeds up to 90 mph impacted the northeast part of Cobb county, causing extensive damage to trees, homes, and power lines.”
• Forsyth County, GA (near Drew) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $2 million
  “The Forsyth County Emergency Management Director reported that numerous trees and power lines were down across the southern half of the county. Significant damage to homes was reported in the southern part of the county from near the Fulton county line northeast of Alpharetta to Cumming.”

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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