Storm reports for July 27, 2008

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On July 27, 2008, 162 hail, 283 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 28 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Sullivan County, MO.

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 (162)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $3.4 million in property damage, $739,000 in crop damage and 5 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (449 events in 28 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Fairfax County, VA (near Johnsons Corner) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5,000 · 3 injuries
  “A local newspaper reported 3 people were injured when a tent collapsed at Bull Run Regional Park.”
• Hampden County, MA (near West Springfield) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000 · 2 injuries
  “A tree on Interstate 91 near the Massachusetts Turnpike was downed by thunderstorm winds onto a car, puncturing the windshield. A 61 year old man and a 57 year old woman were injured. Rescuers had to cut through the tree before they could get to the people in the car.”
• Greene County, NY (near South Cairo) · Thunderstorm wind 125 mph · $400,000
  “A National Weather Service Survey Team determined that straight line wind damage occurred in portions of Cairo, South Cairo, and Leeds during the early afternoon hours of Sunday July 27th.||Fifty to one hundred pine trees were sheared off along County Route 67 in South Cairo around 1135 LST, with…”
• Monroe County, IA (near Albia) · Thunderstorm wind 79 mph · $100,000
  “A Burlington Northern train had 21 cars blown off the tracks.”
• Somerset County, NJ (near North Plainfield) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $100,000
  “A severe thunderstorm partially tore off the roof of the EWA Model Car Center on U.S. Route 22 in Green Brook Township. The roof was partially hanging off the east side of the building. The debris and rain damaged the interior of the building. Some of the ceiling collapsed.”
• Boone County, IA (near Ogden) · Thunderstorm wind 79 mph · $75,000
  “Numerous trees were blown down and a grain elevator blown over.”

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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