Storm reports for October 13, 2011

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On October 13, 2011, 6 hail, 57 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Duplin County, NC.

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 (6)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.5 million in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (71 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• New Kent County, VA (near Quinton Arpt) · Tornado EF1 · $1 million
  “Tornado first touched down along Emmaus Church Road or Route 609 just into New Kent County north of U.S. Route 60. The NWS Storm Survey rated the tornado as an EF1 with winds estimated at 95 mph as it reached the Woodhaven Shores Subdivision on both sides of Kent Lake.”
• Louisa County, VA (near Waldrop) · Tornado EF1 · $175,000
  “Tornado first touched down along U.S. Route 15 near the Historic Sylvania Plantation, which is part of the Green Springs National Historic Landmark District.”
• Harris County, GA (near Mountain Hill) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $50,000
  “The Harris County 911 Center reported that over a dozen trees and several power lines were down across the southern one-half of the county, roughly from Mountain Hill to just Waverly Hall and southward. Two homes sustained minor to moderate damage from downed trees.”
• Fauquier County, VA (near Midland Warrenton Ar) · Tornado EF0 · $30,000
  “A resident reported damage to trees and a boat on his property along Rogues Road. Spotty tree damage was found along Ebenezer Church Road mainly in the form of snapped large limbs. ||Damage also occurred to a farm located off Midland Road near Old Windwright Lane.”
• Columbia County, GA (near Evans) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $20,000
  “Tree down on truck in the Spring Lakes Subdivision.”
• Stafford County, VA (near Midway Is) · Tornado EF0 · $20,000
  “About a dozen trees were sporadically uprooted and snapped. Homes in the community off Merryview Drive had minor roofing and siding damage. A chained link fence was also downed and a billboard was pushed nearly over.”

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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