Storm reports for September 21, 2011

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On September 21, 2011, 3 hail, 6 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 5 states. The largest hail reported was 0.88″ (nickel size) in Kershaw County, SC.

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 (3)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $22,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (9 events in 5 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Houston County, AL (near Cottonwood) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $20,000
  “A downburst associated with a collapsing thunderstorm produced a concentrated swath of wind damage in southern Houston county stretching about 2 miles away from either side of a roughly 6.5 mile long line from Cottonwood to about 3 miles east-northeast of Love Hill.”
• Houston County, AL (near Pleasant Plains) · Thunderstorm wind 46 mph · $1,000
  “A single tree blew down in the road at 5509 S. County Rd. 55. No other damage was reported in the vicinity. Radar showed an outflow boundary moving through the area with the parent thunderstorm weakening about 15 miles south of the location. Monetary damage was estimated.”
• Kershaw County, SC (near Mc Caskill) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph
  “Reported powerline down to due trees on lines.”
• Alachua County, FL (near Clark) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Trees were down along NW 142 Avenue just east of U.S. Highways 27 and 41.”
• Kershaw County, SC (near Stockton) · Hail 0.88″
  “Public reported dime to nickel size hail on Wells Road.”

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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