Storm reports for July 16, 2012

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On July 16, 2012, 29 hail, 62 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Harding County, SD.

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 (29)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $203,000 in property damage and $7,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (91 events in 14 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Coffee County, TN (near Tullahoma) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $50,000
  “Numerous trees were blown down on the west side of Tullahoma in the Bel Aire Neighborhood including near the interstection of Lincoln Street and Crestwood Drive. One tree destroyed a shed and damaged a house. Another home on George Lane had its garage doors blown in.”
• Rutherford County, TN (near Murfreesboro Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $25,000
  “Numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down and some shingles blown off roofs near Siegel Middle School in the Regenwood and Regency Park Subdivisions.”
• Harding County, SD (near Buffalo) · Hail 1.50″ · $25,000
  “Hail covered U.S. Highway 85; the ground was completely white from hail.”
• Darlington County, SC (near Hartsville) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $20,000
  “A dozen trees were reportedly uprooted and two other trees were snapped near the intersection of U.S. 15 and Carolina Avenue. Several trees were also reported down near the Governor's School including one tree which fell onto a house at the corner of Evans Street and Millikin Avenue.”
• Stokes County, NC (near Campbell) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $10,000
  “Trees were blown down across a broad swath of northern Stokes County.”
• Pima County, AZ (near Littletown) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $10,000
  “Thunderstorm winds knocked down 6 power poles along Wilmot Road south of Interstate 10 leaving 2500 customer without power.”

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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