Storm reports for January 8, 2011

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On January 8, 2011, 2 hail, 21 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 1 state. The largest hail reported was 1.50″ (ping pong ball size) in San Patricio 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 (2)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $8.7 million in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (25 events in 1 state). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Nueces County, TX (near Agua Dulce) · Tornado EF1 · $5 million
  “A National Weather Service (NWS) storm survey team determined a tornado, that touched down 4 miles southeast of Alice International Airport in Jim Wells county continued northeast for 21.5 miles. It travelled through the northwest side of Robstown and ended near Five Points in Calallen.”
• San Patricio County, TX (near Portland Hunt Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 100 mph · $1 million
  “NWS storm survey team observed 3 mobile homes destroyed at a mobile home park just north of Gregory-Portland High School with several others damaged. Minor damage to moveable bleachers occurred at Gregory-Portland High School with wood and tin debris littering the area.”
• San Patricio County, TX (near Aransas Pass) · Hail 1.50″ · $1 million
  “Ping pong ball sized hail occurred in Aransas Pass. Numerous RVs sustained minor to major damage from the hail located at several RV resorts around Aransas Pass.”
• Nueces County, TX (near Calallen) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $500,000
  “Damaging winds occurred from the Calallen area into the Annaville section of Corpus Christi. Metal air vents were bent and damaged at the power station in Calallen. There was sporadic tree, powerline, and fence damage in Calallen. Several metal sheds were destroyed.”
• Aransas County, TX (near Rockport) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $400,000
  “Wood roof and awning of home blown completely off. Part of the roof blown into roof of nearby house. One snapped tree limb blown through wall of house. Roof damage and trees uprooted along a two mile path from Live Oak Elementary school to the intersection of Nopal and Austin Streets.”
• Victoria County, TX (near Bloomington) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $100,000
  “Carport roof blown off of a home. Roof partially caved in and windown blown out of another home. A power pole was blown down. A shed was blown into a nearby house and street. Winds of 70 mph were estimated by a NWS storm survey team.”

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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