Storm reports for July 8, 2009

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On July 8, 2009, 160 hail, 74 damaging-wind and 15 tornado reports were logged across 16 states. The largest hail reported was 3.00″ (teacup size) in Corson County, SD.

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 (160)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $49 million in property damage, $11.6 million in crop damage and 22 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (249 events in 16 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Sedgwick County, KS (near Wichita) · Hail 2.75″ · $10 million · 20 injuries
  “Large Hail ranging in size from golf ball to baseball sized moved across Downtown Wichita, causing devastating damage to cars and roofs. During the half hour hail storm, thousands of cars either had roof, windshield or hood damage.”
• Stark County, ND (near Dickinson) · Tornado EF3 · $20 million · 2 injuries
  “Meteorologists from the National Weather Service conducted a storm damage survey in and around Dickinson on Thursday, July 9th, 2009. Meteorologists walked through the area and spoke with numerous people affected, many of whom were eye witnesses to the event.||This tornado passed through the city…”
• Yankton County, SD (near Lesterville) · Hail 2.50″ · $5 million
  “Large hail, accompanied in places by damaging winds, destroyed or severely damaged crops in an area up to 10 miles wide from northwestern to southeastern Yankton County.”
• Hutchinson County, SD (near Dimock) · Hail 1.75″ · $3 million
  “Large hail caused widespread damage to vehicles, windows, and siding and roofs on homes. The hail also caused widespread crop damage, with over 66 thousand acres affected. Damage to both property and crops was estimated to be in the millions of dollars.”
• Yankton County, SD (near Yankton) · Hail 1.75″ · $3 million
  “Large hail broke windows, damaged vehicles, and damaged trees.”
• Butler County, KS (near Andover) · Hail 2.75″ · $2.5 million
  “The same hail storm that devastated Downtown Wichita, Kansas continued to track east and produced large hail ranging from golf ball to baseball size, across western sections of Butler county including the cities of Andover and Augusta along US Highway 54.”

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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