Storm reports for July 1, 2011

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On July 1, 2011, 112 hail, 223 damaging-wind and 8 tornado reports were logged across 16 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Meeker County, MN.

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 (112)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $11.5 million in property damage, $3.6 million in crop damage and 7 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (346 events in 16 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Anoka County, MN (near East Bethel) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $500,000 · 3 injuries
  “A large area of eastern Anoka County received damage from severe straight line winds that moved from west to east across the area between 1850 to 1900 CST. Damage includes power lines, railroad crossing gates, personal property and trees. Three injuries occurred near Linwood at Camp Ajawah.”
• Anoka County, MN (near Nowthen) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $500,000 · 1 injury
  “A large area of western Anoka County received damage from severe straight line winds that moved from west to east across the area between 1830 to 1850 CST. Damage included power lines, railroad crossing gates, personal property and trees.”
• Meeker County, MN (near Dassel) · Hail 2.75″ · $1,000 · 1 injury
  “In addition, a driver was injured when hail the size of a baseball hit his vehicle's windshield.”
• McLeod County, MN (near Brownton) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · 1 injury
  “Numerous large trees uprooted around town. A mini van was crushed due to a fallen tree. Plus, an eight year old girl was injured due to falling debris.”
• McLeod County, MN (near Brownton) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · 1 injury
  “A semi trailer was blown off the road due to a severe thunderstorm outflow boundary. It was on County Road 15, three miles south of the intersection of State Road 212 and County Road 15. The driver was injured due to the crash.”
• Redwood County, MN (near Milroy) · Thunderstorm wind 100 mph · $1.5 million
  “A long-lived and complex storm moved into western Redwood County around 322 PM CST, and moved northeast across mainly the northern 1/3 of the county before moving into portions of far southeast Yellow Medicine County and western Renville County.”

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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