Storm reports for July 26, 2009

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On July 26, 2009, 67 hail, 122 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 19 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Teton County, MT.

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 (67)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $6.9 million in property damage, $415,000 in crop damage and 15 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (192 events in 19 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Hunterdon County, NJ (near Everittstown) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $100,000 · 10 injuries
  “A severe thunderstorm caused wind damage across Hunterdon County, hitting the central part of the county the hardest in Alexandria, Franklin and Clinton Townships.”
• Madison County, TX (near Madisonville) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $500,000 · 3 injuries
  “Severe thunderstorm winds tore the roofs off of several businesses and numerous other structures and residences suffered lesser damage. Emergency management officials reported 22 businesses and 22 homes sustained damage.”
• Queens County, NY (near Forest Hills) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $8,000 · 1 injury
  “A man was injured when a tree fell on his car near the intersection of 164th Street and Underhill Avenue.”
• Franklin County, NC (near Stallings) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5 million
  “Power-lines were reported down on North Carolina Highway 56. Numerous power outages were reported across eastern portions of Franklin County as well. One tree was blown onto a house on Edward Best Road.”
• Somerset County, NJ (near Bedminster) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $500,000
  “A severe thunderstorm left a swath of wind damage across the northern third of Somerset County. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down. In Bedminster Township, the shingles and half the roof of a supermarket were torn away on Hills Drive.”
• Cattaraugus County, NY (near Onoville) · Tornado EF1 · $300,000
  “A thunderstorm moving across Cattaraugus county produced a tornado. The tornado initially touched at 650 PM EDT on near Guernsey-Hollow Road in the town of South Valley in the southwest part of the county and moved across the Onoville Marina on Quaker Lake, continuing west across Allegany State…”

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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