Storm reports for September 3, 2011

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On September 3, 2011, 45 hail, 152 damaging-wind and 8 tornado reports were logged across 18 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in St. Joseph County, MI.

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 (45)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.9 million in property damage, $126,000 in crop damage and 11 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (205 events in 18 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Wayne County, MI (near Southgate) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $10,000 · 10 injuries
  “Wind damage reported to structures at the River Rouge Days Festival, minor injuries occurred. Multiple trees and festival tents blown down.”
• Delaware County, IN (near Morningside) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $28,000 · 1 injury
  “A large tree damaged 9 cars and injured 1 person in McCulloch Park between East Highland Avenue and McCulloch Boulevard. The injury was believed to be minor. The large tree was downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.”
• Miami County, OH (near Tipp City) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $250,000
  “Numerous large trees were sheared or uprooted. Nineteen loaded trailers were overturned and two air conditioning units were blown off a roof at a distribution center. Eight wooden high voltage electric poles were snapped. Another semi trailer was overturned on a highway.”
• Escambia County, FL (near Gulf Beach) · Tornado EF1 · $250,000
  “The tornado moved off the Gulf of Mexico in Perdido Key, then continued north northwest causing more pronounced damage at Inerarity Point. The tornado continued across Perdido Bay into Baldwin County Alabama near Lillian.”
• Baldwin County, AL (near Lillian) · Tornado EF1 · $200,000
  “The tornado moved off the Gulf of Mexico in Perdido Key, Florida and continued moving north-northwest into southeastern Baldwin county near Lillian. The tornado moved off of Perdido Bay near Spanish Cove, south of Lillian.”
• Ottawa County, OH (near Lakeside) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $150,000
  “A thunderstorm downburst caused a quarter mile long damage path near Marblehead. Many trees were downed and at least a couple homes sustained structural damage from downed trees and limbs. Several other homes and cottages lost windows or siding. At least four vehicles were damaged by fallen trees.”

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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