Storm reports for April 21, 2009

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On April 21, 2009, 18 hail, 5 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Fairfax County, VA.

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 (18)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $11,000 in property damage and $15,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (23 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Halifax County, VA (near Halifax) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $6,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed three large trees and blew shingles off a roof on Golf Course Road. Damage values are estimated.”
• Charles County, MD (near Mattawoman) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Trees were down on Mall Road in Waldorf.”
• Calvert County, MD (near Stoakley) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Thunderstorm wind damage was reported in Prince Frederick.”
• Talbot County, MD (near Easton) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “A severe thunderstorm turned over a carport onto a swing set off of Dover Road in Easton. A large tree was also knocked down between two houses on Prospect Avenue. A mesonet site at Cook's Hope measured a wind gust to 50 mph.”
• Charles County, MD (near Port Tobacco) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Trees down on Poorhouse Road and Route 6.”
• Montgomery County, MD (near Carderock Spgs) · Hail 1.00″
  “Quarter sized hail was reported near Carderock Springs.”

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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