Storm reports for July 18, 2012

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On July 18, 2012, 141 hail, 325 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 30 states. The largest hail reported was 3.00″ (teacup size) in Dodge County, MN.

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 (141)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $3.6 million in property damage, $10 million in crop damage and 6 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (468 events in 30 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Nassau County, NY (near Glen Cove) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $10,000 · 2 injuries
  “Multiple trees fell at Morgan Memorial Park, including one onto a Gazebo, which injured one person under it, and a second on a car, injuring the occupant.”
• Spartanburg County, SC (near Saxon) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · 2 injuries
  “A tree fell on a vehicle and trapped three occupants on Briarwood Rd. Two of the occupants were treated for minor injuries. Multiple large trees, limbs and power lines|were blown down across Fernwood Dr near Bellwood Dr. Large limbs fell on two homes on Fernwood Dr.”
• Humphreys County, TN (near Sycamore Lndg) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $10,000 · 1 injury
  “Humphreys Sheriff���s Office reported a tree was downed on a trailer with one injury on Cuba Landing Road. Details concerning any damage that occurred to the trailer and the extent of the injury were unknown.”
• Burke County, NC (near Rutherford College) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · 1 injury
  “Multiple trees were blown down on Tomlinson Rd at Israel Chapel Rd and on Icard Rhodiss Rd about 1 miles northeast of Icard. A tree fell on a car on Icard Rhodiss Rd,|injuring an occupant.”
• Middlesex County, MA (near Arlington) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $350,000
  “A microburst occurred in Arlington, downing numerous trees. Most of these trees were downed in an approximately 1 square mile section of eastern Arlington, between the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Broadway and Route 16 around the Cambridge/Arlington line.”
• Doniphan County, KS (near Denton) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $200,000
  “Several barns were destroyed, including the historic Round Barn landmark. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.”

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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