Storm reports for July 30, 2011

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On July 30, 2011, 28 hail, 88 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 16 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Otter Tail 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 (28)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $282,000 in property damage, $275,000 in crop damage and 6 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (120 events in 16 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Dodge County, WI (near Beaver Dam) · Thunderstorm wind 40 mph · 5 injuries
  “Wind gusts up to 40 mph (35 knots) accompanied a gust front through Southeast Wisconsin. The gusty winds snapped the tether holding a hot-air balloon causing it to roll along the ground. A passenger on the balloon suffered minor injuries, while 4 spectators on the ground were also injured.”
• Barron County, WI (near Haugen) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $10,000 · 1 injury
  “Scattered trees fell around the Haugen area, and the town of Cedar Lake. Also, a tree landed on a camper in the Bear Lake area, and a women was injured and taken to a local hospital.”
• Isanti County, MN (near Carmody) · Tornado EF0 · $50,000
  “An EF-0 tornado continued southeast across northwest Isanti County, before turning directly south along County Road 58 west of Dalbo, and north of Carmody, Minnesota. The tornado ended less than a half mile north of South Stanchfield Lake.”
• Dickinson County, MI (near (Imt)Iron Mtn Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 66 mph · $30,000
  “A 40-foot by 70-foot section of the Fontana Terminal Building at the Ford Airport in Iron Mountain was torn off by winds exceeding 60 mph. Two flights were cancelled due to the damage and the passengers were bused to Escanaba to catch alternate flights.”
• Perry County, IL (near Pinckneyville) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $30,000
  “A small metal storage shed was blown onto a garage roof. Trees and large limbs were blown down.”
• Pierce County, WI (near Trimbelle) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $25,000
  “Numerous trees and power lines were blown down from near Ellsworth, west to the intersection of Highway 10 and County Road O.”

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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