Storm reports for March 20, 2013

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On March 20, 2013, 2 hail, 8 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 5 states. The largest hail reported was 0.88″ (nickel size) in Miami-Dade County, FL.

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 (2)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $237,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (10 events in 5 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Kootenai County, ID (near Houser) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $175,000
  “National Weather Service survey team reported straight line wind damage. A total of 20 to 30 trees were blown over and another 30 to 40 trees were damaged in a swath of 150 yards wide and half a mile long. One tree fell on a barn, another on a house, and a third fell on a trailer.”
• Spokane County, WA (near Newman Lake) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $50,000
  “A squall line moving across the Newman Lake area destroyed a barn before pushing into the Idaho Panhandle. Wind speeds were estimated to up to between 55 and 60 miles per hour. A rough damage estimate was used for the event.”
• Lake County, MT (near Polson) · Thunderstorm wind 49 mph · $8,000
  “A 72 foot, 26 inch diameter Douglas Fir fell down from very strong thunderstorm winds and crashed onto owners' house. Soil moisture was relatively dry, but as seen in photo much of the branches on the trunk except at the top had already been cut off before this event.”
• Clearwater County, ID (near Orofino) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $4,000
  “Numerous pine and cedar trees were blown down by the wind in the Orofino area. The largest tree diameter was 28 inches. Many trees fell onto power lines causing highway 12 and other roads to close for up to 4 hours. Thirty percent of roof shingles were blown off.”
• Miami-Dade County, FL (near Key Biscayne) · Hail 0.88″
  “A member of the public reported nickel-sized hail on Key Biscayne.”
• Miami-Dade County, FL (near South Miami) · Hail 0.75″
  “An NWS employee reported dime-sized hail in Coconut Grove.”

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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