Storm reports for July 21, 2012

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On July 21, 2012, 26 hail, 91 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Williams County, ND.

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 (26)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $295,000 in property damage and 4 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (118 events in 14 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Oglala Lakota County, SD (near Oglala) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $150,000 · 3 injuries
  “Two mobile homes were rolled and completely destroyed, with all their contents scattered by the wind. A stick-built house lost a large portion of its roof. Twelve transformer poles were broken.”
• San Jacinto County, TX (near Evergreen) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · 1 injury
  “Trees were blown down near 150 and FM 2693 and a vehicle was struck by a fallen tree. The driver only sustained minor injuries.”
• Pinellas County, FL (near Belmont) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $50,000
  “Six homes were damaged at a mobile home park on Alt Keene Road in Largo, mostly with roof damage. Two of the homes had major damage and the other 4 sustained minor damage. There were also downed power lines in the area.”
• Denton County, TX (near Navo) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $25,000
  “A gas station sign was blown down in Frisco, near the intersection of Eldorado and the Dallas North Tollway.”
• Smith County, TX (near Tyler) · Thunderstorm wind 62 mph · $20,000
  “A tree was downed on a house in Tyler, Texas. There were no report of injuries.”
• Maricopa County, AZ (near Buckhorn) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $10,000
  “Scattered strong thunderstorms developed across southeast Arizona during the afternoon hours on July 21st. They generated strong gusty outflow winds in excess of 40 mph which moved into the greater Phoenix area during the late afternoon and produced dense blowing dust.”

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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