Storm reports for July 7, 2008

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On July 7, 2008, 101 hail, 121 damaging-wind and 8 tornado reports were logged across 18 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Wilkin County, MN.

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 (101)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $5.5 million in property damage, $1.6 million in crop damage and 3 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (232 events in 18 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Rolette County, ND (near San Haven) · Tornado EF3 · $1.5 million · 3 injuries
  “By North Dakota standards this was a long lived tornado that covered many miles.||A National Weather Service storm damage survey was completed in Rolette County on July 8, the day following the event.”
• Cherokee County, GA (near Victoria) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $3 million
  “The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director conducted a survey of extensive thunderstorm wind damage across south central Cherokee county in the Towne Lake area, just west and northwest of Woodstock.”
• Towner County, ND (near Crocus) · Tornado EF1 · $150,000
  “This tornado produced an intermittent damage path of nearly 11 total miles, and ended about one mile north-northeast of Munich in Cavalier County by 428 pm CDT. The tornado only traveled about 5 miles due east in Towner County and mainly damaged crops and power lines.”
• Cavalier County, ND (near Calio) · Tornado EF1 · $100,000
  “This tornado originated in Towner County and tracked intermittently for an additional 7 miles before ending about 1 mile north-northeast of Munich by 428 pm CDT. This tornado tipped three steel hopper bottom bins and tore siding and roofing off a pole shed.”
• Winona County, MN (near Utica) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $50,000
  “Thunderstorm wind gusts produced damage to a farm near Utica. Thunderstorm wind gusts also knocked down several elm trees, a 50 foot steel windmill, and blew a metal roof off of a tractor shed.”
• DeKalb County, IL (near De Kalb) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $50,000
  “A thunderstorm produced significant wind damage on the Northern Illinois University Campus with a peak wind gust of 69 mph. Trees and tree limbs were blown down. Several buildings sustained roof damage. A trailer was overturned on the west side of the campus.”

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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