Storm reports for July 1, 2008

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On July 1, 2008, 55 hail, 45 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 19 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Middlesex County, MA.

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 (55)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $489,000 in property damage and $200,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (101 events in 19 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Otter Tail County, MN (near Pelican Lake) · Hail 1.25″ · $150,000
  “The hail broke cabin windows and dented decks near Pelican Lake.”
• Cheshire County, NH (near Hinsdale) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $100,000
  “Fifteen utility poles in North Hinsdale were downed by thunderstorm winds. Other wind related damage in Hinsdale, includes, trees and wires downed in Indian Acres, a tree downed on a trailer and a car, and several ten inch diameter branches were snapped off by thunderstorm winds.”
• Highlands County, FL (near Sebring Arpt) · Tornado EF0 · $50,000
  “Several homes received minor carport and awning damage, several trees and power lines were blown down, and debris damaged 3 vehicles in the Spring Lake area.”
• Cheshire County, NH (near Westmoreland) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $25,000
  “Power poles and wires on Route 63 were downed by thunderstorm winds.”
• Essex County, MA (near Lynn) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $20,000
  “In Lynn, large branches and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds. In Marblehead, trees and wires on Green Street and Kenneth Road were downed by thunderstorm winds. One of the trees on Kenneth Road landed on a house.”
• Middlesex County, MA (near Hudson) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $20,000
  “In Hudson, power lines in the Chestnut Hill Street area were downed by thunderstorm winds. In Stow, trees and wires on Red Acre, Boone, Randall, Birch Hill, and Gleason Dale Roads were downed by thunderstorm winds.”

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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