Storm reports for July 17, 2012

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On July 17, 2012, 64 hail, 157 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 21 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Morrow County, OR.

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 (64)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $780,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (224 events in 21 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• St. Lawrence County, NY (near Potsdam) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $100,000
  “Multiple trees down and snapped and power lines down across Potsdam with structural damage to 4 buildings forcing dozens of evacuations.”
• Campbell County, WY (near Rozet) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $100,000
  “The Campbell County emergency manager reported a shop building roof was torn off and blown 200 feet. Many houses in the area received damage to siding.”
• St. Lucie County, FL (near Viking) · Tornado EF0 · $40,000
  “The very brief EF0 tornado impacted one condominium building within the Indian Pines Village. The tornado stripped several sections of plywood from one roof of a condo and another unit sustained a small hole in the roof and the front entrance awning was peeled back.”
• Campbell County, WY (near Rozet) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $25,000
  “A portion of a house roof was peeled off and a shop building was severely damaged.”
• St. Lawrence County, NY (near Hannawa Falls) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $25,000
  “Multiple trees uprooted and snapped with estimated winds by local police of 60 knots.”
• Franklin County, NY (near Saranac Lake) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $25,000
  “Multiple trees and power lines down across the Saranac Lake community.”

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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