Storm reports for March 14, 2008

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On March 14, 2008, 199 hail, 39 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Morehouse 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 (199)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $27.8 million in property damage, 30 injuries and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (240 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Fulton County, GA (near Atlanta) · Tornado EF2 · $25 million · 1 death · 30 injuries
  “A ground and aerial survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia in cooperation with the Atlanta Police Department, confirmed that an EF2 tornado tracked through the heart of the city of Atlanta causing millions of dollars of damage to buildings…”
• Clayton County, GA (near Atlanta Hartsfield I) · Hail 1.75″ · $1 million
  “The public reported penny to golf ball-sized hail in the far northwestern part of Clayton county, just south of Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, near U.S. 29 Highway, Roosevelt Highway, and Georgia Highway 279, Old National Highway.”
• Morehouse Parish, LA (near Naff) · Hail 2.75″ · $600,000
  “The large and intense supercell thunderstorm entered northern Morehouse Parish, from southwest Ashely County, and produced as swath of golf ball to baseball sized hail as it tracked southeast.”
• Ashley County, AR (near Sulphur Spgs) · Hail 1.75″ · $300,000
  “A large supercell thunderstorm produced a swath of quarter to golf ball sized hail across a large portion of Ashley County. The storm moved into the county at Lake Jack Lee and tracked northeast for an hour. Quarter to golf ball sized hail fell across West Crossett, Crossett and North Crossett.”
• Chicot County, AR (near Eudora) · Hail 1.75″ · $130,000
  “A swath of quarter to golf ball sized hail fell across the southern portion of Chicot County. Areas just to the west of Eudora and around Eudora received the large hail as the storm moved in a general east direction.”
• Columbia County, AR (near Magnolia) · Hail 2.00″ · $100,000
  “Hail knocked out windows to homes and damaged automobiles.”

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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