Storm reports for July 21, 2011

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On July 21, 2011, 9 hail, 53 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Haakon 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 (9)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $572,000 in property damage and $6.5 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (62 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Nuckolls County, NE (near Superior Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $300,000
  “Wind gusts were estimated to reach as high as 80 MPH for an extended period of time near Superior and south to the Nebraska and Kansas state line. There were reports of widespread minor to extensive tree and crop damage around the area, with a few tree limbs even landing on vehicles and homes in…”
• Bedford County, TN (near Shelbyville) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $50,000
  “Extensive damage to a house occurred on East Depot Street as an eighteen inch tree fell onto the house.”
• Jewell County, KS (near Webber) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $45,000
  “A modular home located on 240 Road and Diamond Avenue just inside Jewell County south of Superior had most of its roof torn off, with a portion of one wall blown approximately 30 yards away. A couple of power poles were snapped in this area.”
• Pennington County, SD (near Wall) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $30,000
  “Part of the hardware store roof was blown into a hotel next door, breaking windows and damaging the outside wall. No one was hurt.”
• Warren County, KY (near Bowling Green) · Thunderstorm wind 74 mph · $30,000
  “Strong winds associated with a thunderstorm overturned two small planes at the Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport.”
• Wichita County, KS (near Selkirk) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $15,000
  “An open ended shed was destroyed and thrown NNE. A damage survey by the emergency manager, and Doppler radar, indicated the damage was the result of a thunderstorm downburst.”

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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