Storm reports for August 23, 2011

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On August 23, 2011, 17 hail, 30 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Clark County, WI.

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 (17)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.7 million in property damage, $141,000 in crop damage and 8 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (51 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Fayette County, IA (near Wadena) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $3,000 · 6 injuries
  “Numerous trees were blown down or uprooted in Wadena. Some of the trees went down on power lines. A two inch diameter flag pole was bent over and some cornfields were flattened.”
• Clark County, WI (near Spokeville) · Tornado EF2 · $1.4 million · 2 injuries
  “Two people were directly injured and there was an indirect loss of life from an EF2 tornado that tracked across the east central sections of Clark County near Chili. The death occurred when an oxygen machine stopped working due to a power outage caused by the tornado.”
• Bowie County, TX (near Malta) · Thunderstorm wind 78 mph · $100,000
  “Several trees and powerlines were downed in and near the community of Malta near County Road 3103. The winds destroyed one 180x50 steel frame shed, one 12x12 wood frame shed, one 20x40 horse covered stall, one 8x8 well house and one 40x60 pole barn. There were no injuries reported.”
• Caddo Parish, LA (near Reisor) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $100,000
  “A microburst snapped and uprooted a number of trees near the intersection of Buncomb and Woolworth Road in far southwest Shreveport. Other trees were snapped and blown onto several homes in the Forrest Mobile Estates.”
• Calumet County, WI (near Sherwood) · Tornado EF0 · $50,000
  “A tornado struck less than a mile northeast of Sherwood at 9:05 PM CDT. The EF0 tornado toppled two trees that damaged the roof of a house and snapped or uprooted six pine trees near Highway M.”
• Sharp County, AR (near Ash Flat) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $25,000
  “Trees were blown down across Ash Flat. Some of the falling trees took down power lines.”

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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