Storm reports for July 9, 2013

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On July 9, 2013, 71 hail, 48 damaging-wind and 9 tornado reports were logged across 18 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Custer County, NE.

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 (71)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $681,000 in property damage, $1.8 million in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (128 events in 18 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Manatee County, FL (near West Bradenton) · Tornado EF0 · $20,000 · 1 injury
  “Emergency management relayed a report of a brief tornado causing damage in a mobile home park in Palmetto near 10th Street SW and 28th Avenue W. In total, 7 mobile homes sustained damage, 3 of which suffering moderate to heavy damage.”
• Cochise County, AZ (near Arizona Sunsites) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $150,000
  “Thunderstorm winds knocked over irrigation sprinklers, destroyed a barn, tore roofs off several other buildings, including a business in the Pearce-Sunsites area. The damaging winds also downed trees and power poles and blew a semi-tractor trailer onto its side.”
• Morton County, ND (near Judson) · Tornado EF0 · $95,000
  “A tornado briefly touched down five miles north of Judson. Local emergency management reported the tornado damaged or destroyed three barns, and destroyed two grain bins on a farmstead. The damage reported corresponded to an EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.”
• Graham County, KS (near Studley) · Thunderstorm wind 85 mph · $90,000
  “Reports were received from spotters, the public and law enforcement. Damage included a roof blown off a grainery, metal feeders damaged, power poles and lines down, large trees uprooted and large limbs broken, a center picot overturned and minor roof damage near Morland.”
• Cochise County, AZ (near (Fhu)Ft Huachuca Afb) · Thunderstorm wind 82 mph · $50,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power poles at Fort Huachuca and in Sierra Vista. In addition, several homes sustained roof damage and one had the roof completely blown off. A wind gust to 82 mph was measured by the Libby Field ASOS.”
• Clarke County, GA (near Athens) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $50,000
  “The Clarke County Emergency Manager reported that at least 10 trees were blown down on the east side of Athens. One tree and several power poles fell on a house.”

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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