Storm reports for August 25, 2011

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On August 25, 2011, 7 hail, 62 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Carroll County, VA.

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 (7)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $202,000 in property damage, $5,000 in crop damage and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (73 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Somerset County, PA (near Roberts) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5,000 · 1 death
  “Thunderstorm winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down a tree which fell onto a residential home on Stepping Stone Road on the south-side of Somerset, causing significant damage. A 10-year old female in the house was killed by the falling tree.”
• Culpeper County, VA (near Richardsville) · Thunderstorm wind 76 mph · $30,000
  “Significant tree damage was reported near Richardsville. An entire row of trees were down and a tree fell onto a house.”
• Calhoun County, TX (near Magnolia Beach) · Tornado EF0 · $30,000
  “An NWS survey concluded a short lived tornado touched down near Alamo Beach Street and Lee Street in Alamo Beach. Near this point two homes were observed with small portions of their roofs peeled back. Sheet metal was also torn off the side of one of the homes and a window was broken.”
• Bedford County, VA (near Stone Mt) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $14,000
  “A total of 46 trees were uprooted or snapped at the trunk. Many of them were very large trees located on Mack Updike Circle near the intersection of State Roads 24 and 122. All appeared be blown down toward the east.”
• Rockbridge County, VA (near Timber Ridge) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $10,000
  “Damage was reported to a trailer business on Maury River Road, including small trailers blown around, a shed badly damaged and large tree branches down. Winds also blew a cinder block dugout down and several trees in the vicinity of the baseball field.”
• Victoria County, TX (near Inez) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $10,000
  “Spotter reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 63 mph in Inez. The wind bent the mast holding the weather station equipment and took off shingles from the roof of the spotter's house.”

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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