Storm reports for February 2, 2012

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On February 2, 2012, 32 hail, 5 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Kingman 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 (32)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $300,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (40 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Gray County, TX (near Laketon) · Tornado EF1 · $250,000
  “This is the first segment of a tornado which formed ten miles south southwest of Miami just north of Texas State Highway 152 and traveled northeastward for about eight miles before exiting Gray county about five and a half miles north northeast of Laketon at 0055CST.”
• Cherokee County, TX (near Henrys Chapel) · Thunderstorm wind 61 mph · $50,000
  “Two 100 foot tall pine trees fell on a home in Troup, Texas, destroying two of the home's bedrooms.”
• Woods County, OK (near Alva) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph
  “Small hail was also reported with the wind gust.”
• Smith County, TX (near Troup) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “Spotter reported a 10 inch diameger tree was downed on FM. 15 just east of Troup, Texas.”
• Cherokee County, TX (near Henrys Chapel) · Hail 1.75″
  “Hail fell in Troup on the Smith County, Cherokee County line.”
• Butler County, KS (near El Dorado Res) · Hail 1.00″
  “Nickel to quarter size hail covered the ground.”

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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