Storm reports for July 28, 2011

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On July 28, 2011, 41 hail, 54 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Perkins 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 (41)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $297,000 in property damage, $75,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (95 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Boone County, MO (near Huntsdale) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · 1 injury
  “Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees along Highway UU west of Columbia. Also, a tent was blown over at the Boone County Fair Grounds. This caused one minory injury.”
• Johnson County, KS (near Stilwell) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $75,000
  “A four block area in Stilwell, had around one dozen large trees knocked down, with a few of them landing on homes. Multiple power poles were snapped off, with resultant power outages across town. One front porch was knocked a little off the foundation of a home.”
• Jackson County, IA (near Bellevue) · Thunderstorm wind 85 mph · $50,000
  “Wind gusts estimated to be up to 85 mph snapped several large pine trees off about 10 feet off the ground, downed power lines, and destroyed a machine shed in Bellevue, IA around 1015 am CDT July 28.”
• Knox County, IL (near Abingdon) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $25,000
  “Numerous large tree limbs were blown down just north of Abingdon.”
• Huron County, OH (near Norwalk) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $15,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and large limbs.”
• Beaver County, PA (near North Sewickley) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $15,000
  “A trained spotter reported trees down on Route 65.”

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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