Storm reports for August 26, 2011

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On August 26, 2011, 7 hail, 12 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 10 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Trego County, KS.

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 $684,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (23 events in 10 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Beaufort County, NC (near Leechville) · Tornado EF1 · $200,000
  “An EF1 Tornado touched down along Highway 264 and Bible Shore Rd. damaging large Pine trees. A utility trailer was also overturned. The tornado skipped 4.4 miles into Belhaven heavily damaging Edgewood Motors Dealership with two walls blown out.”
• Tyrrell County, NC (near Columbia) · Tornado EF2 · $150,000
  “Several manufactured homes were completely destroyed with the metal undercarriages severely mangled and twisted around tree trunks indicating a high end EF2 tornado with estimated winds of 130 mph.”
• Smith County, KS (near Gaylord) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $125,000
  “Wind gusts estimated at 80 MPH resulted in 17 power poles being damaged or destroyed in the area of the intersection of Highways 9 and 281 just east of Gaylord. Further south near Harlan along Highway 281, a couple grain bins were destroyed and a church suffered minor roof damage.”
• Pima County, AZ (near Gu Oidak) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $100,000
  “Thunderstorm winds damaged homes and downed power lines from Big Fields to Covered Wells on the Tohono O'odham Nation. Four homes incurred roof damage and one power pole was downed in Big Field. Three power poles were also downed in Covered Wells along Highway 86 which resulted in power outages.”
• Washington County, NC (near Scuppernong) · Tornado EF0 · $75,000
  “A brief EF1 tornado damaged a grain silo and a hardware store.”
• Maricopa County, AZ (near Matthie) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $25,000
  “Isolated high based thunderstorms developed in the Wickenburg area during the late afternoon hours on August 26th. The storms generated strong gusty winds, estimated by local law enforcement to be upwards of 70 mph.”

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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