Storm reports for August 20, 2013

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On August 20, 2013, 8 hail, 10 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 10 states. The largest hail reported was 1.25″ (half dollar size) in Pennington County, SD.

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 (8)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $17,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (18 events in 10 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Dickson County, TN (near Dickson) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $10,000
  “Dickson police and social media reports indicate numerous trees and large tree limbs were blown down in and around the city of Dickson. One tree was blown down onto a car.”
• Wilcox County, GA (near Owensboro) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $3,000
  “The Middle Georgia EMC reported a few power outages across the county, mainly in the south and southwest portion, mostly caused by downed limbs. The Wilcox County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees were blown down in Pitts as well.”
• Hillsborough County, FL (near Seffner) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $2,000
  “Hillsborough County 911 reported 2 trees down across a road north of Seffner. The event time was estimated by radar.”
• Orangeburg County, SC (near Wells) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $1,000
  “County Sheriff reported a couple of trees down along Vance Road near I-95.”
• Colleton County, SC (near Ashton) · Thunderstorm wind 46 mph · $1,000
  “South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Confederate Highway and Ashton Road. The tree was blown down by outflow from a distant thunderstorm.”
• St. Louis County, MN (near Pettit) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph
  “A large swath of about 15 trees were blown over by thunderstorm wind gusts. Some of the trees were uprooted and some were snapped.”

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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