Storm reports for December 19, 2012

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On December 19, 2012, 10 hail, 152 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 1.25″ (half dollar size) in Logan County, AR.

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 (10)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.5 million in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (165 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Grant County, AR (near Sheridan) · Tornado EF1 · $175,000 · 1 injury
  “A double-wide mobile home was destroyed; the owner suffered minor injuries. The roof of a house was badly damaged. A couple of additional houses had minor roof damage, and one had a couple of windows blown out. Several shop buildings were damaged or destroyed. A camper was overturned.”
• Sebastian County, AR (near Island) · Tornado EF1 · $400,000
  “The tornado developed near Highway 96 north of Union Road where it damaged a permanent home and trees. It moved northeast uprooting or snapping numerous hardwood and softwood trees and damaging chicken houses and outbuildings.”
• Collin County, TX (near Copeville) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $150,000
  “Strong thunderstorm winds rolled a mobile home onto its top in the community of Copeville. No one was home at the time of the incident. Other substantial wind damage was reported in Copeville including the exterior metal roof of another mobile home was also peeled off.”
• Grant County, AR (near Sheridan) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $150,000
  “In Sheridan, part of the roof was blown off at a consignment shop, the metal roof was blown off the Masonic Lodge, the roof was blown off an oil company, a carport and a garage collapsed, shingles were blown off many roofs, and trees and power lines were blown down.”
• Jefferson County, AR (near Eastwood) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $125,000
  “A carport was torn off a house, another house had a small front porch blown off and some roof damage, and a few other houses had shingles taken off. Falling trees destroyed one car and damaged two others and also crushed a camping trailer.”
• Caddo Parish, LA (near Gilliam) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $100,000
  “Two barns, several outbuildings and other debris were thrown several hundred yards downwind from the Bruce Lynn Farms in Gilliam, Louisiana.”

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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