Storm reports for October 21, 2010

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On October 21, 2010, 21 hail, 6 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Terry County, TX.

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 (21)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $41,000 in property damage and $49.3 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (31 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Coconino County, AZ (near Pine Spgs) · Hail 0.50″ · $30,000
  “Accumulating hail on Interstate 40 about 5 miles west of Williams caused at least 9 crashes. Three cars rolled over and six cars slid off the road. One person was ejected from their car. Two people had serious injuries and four people had minor injuries.”
• Terry County, TX (near Tokio) · Hail 1.75″ · $10,000
  “A long-lived supercell thunderstorm produced a swath of destructive hail across much of western and northern Terry County between 15:05 CST and 16:10 CST. The public initially reported large hail that ranged in size from quarters to golfballs in Tokio at 15:05 CST.”
• Lubbock County, TX (near Lubbock) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $1,000
  “The Texas Department of Public Safety reported that thunderstorm winds blew a road sign into a car as it travelled along Interstate 27 near Regis Street. No injuries were reported.”
• Jackson County, OK (near Blair) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph
  “Several severe wind gusts caused significant damage in around the town of Blair. At least three dozen homes and business sustained damage of various severity. A portion of an apartment building in downtown Blair, as well as at a daycare lost a significant portion of their roofs.”
• Hockley County, TX (near Ropesville) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph
  “Newspaper articles and local farmers reported that thunderstorm wind gusts up to 70 mph combined with torrential rainfall and small hail to cause sporadic and light damage to approximately 2,000 acres of cotton crops in the immediate vicinity of Ropesville.”
• Motley County, TX (near Northfield) · Thunderstorm wind 61 mph
  “The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Northfield recorded a peak thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph at 20:00 CST. No damage was reported.”

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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