Storm reports for February 26, 2008

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On February 26, 2008, 31 hail, 113 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Camden County, GA.

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 (31)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.3 million in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (146 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Palm Beach County, FL (near Lake Park Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $5,000 · 1 injury
  “Thunderstorm winds produced damage at the Moroso Motor Sports Park on BeeLine Highway in North Central Palm Beach County. An awning was blown off a trailer, and a man was injured when a 400-500 pound water barrel struck him. Damage was also done to a truck on site.”
• Turner County, GA (near Ashburn) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $500,000
  “A grain silo was destroyed. Several buildings were blown off their foundations. Several trees were uprooted. Sixty-two structures sustained damage to shingles and roofs.”
• Irwin County, GA (near Ocilla) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $250,000
  “Straight line winds tossed cargo trailers around at the Forest River Plant near Ocilla.”
• Lowndes County, GA (near Clyattville) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $250,000
  “Straight line winds snapped power poles and trees. There were trees on top of several homes and across county and secondary roads. Uprooted trees knocked holes in the roof of the United Methodist Church in Clyattville. A roof was lifted off a home on Johnson Road.”
• Pulaski County, GA (near Browndale) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $75,000
  “The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were blown down throughout the county. Trees were blocking parts of Upper River, Lower River, and Industrial Boulevard in Hawkinsville. In addition, a grain elevator was toppled over in Hawkinsville.”
• Thomas County, GA (near Thomasville) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $50,000
  “Several trees were blown down across the northern half of the county. An old barn was destroyed. Straight line wind damage was confined within this storm. In the northeast part of the county near Patten, two sheds were destroyed. One small grain silo was destroyed, with the debris strewn 200 yards.”

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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