Storm reports for August 29, 2013

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On August 29, 2013, 10 hail, 44 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Aitkin County, MN.

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 $293,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (56 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Okanogan County, WA (near Chillowist) · Thunderstorm wind 66 mph · $240,000
  “Numerous houses across sections of Omak east of Highway 97 between Omak River Road and Vista Vu Drive had shingles torn off the roof and large trees blown down. One house near the intersection of Kruse Street and West Parkway Street had eight panels of cedar fencing blown down.”
• Riverside County, CA (near Riverside Jct) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $15,000
  “An employee at UC Riverside estimated wind gusts up to 70 mph with very heavy rain and reduced visibility. Nearby, a large tree fell on the Rubidoux Boulevard off-ramp along Highway 60.”
• Flathead County, MT (near Columbia Falls) · Thunderstorm wind 49 mph · $15,000
  “The Daily Inter Lake newspaper reported that a tree had fallen on a home on Kokanee Bend two miles southwest of Columbia Falls. The law enforcement scanner traffic indicated that the tree had cut the home in half trapping the people inside.”
• Flathead County, MT (near Apgar) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $8,000
  “A Glacier National Park official reported several cars damaged from downed trees. They also reported that there were several areas with rocks on the road partially blocking lanes, but no major landslide activity.”
• Langlade County, WI (near Antigo) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $5,000
  “The public reported a couple trees and three to four-inch diameter tree limbs down on the south side of Antigo. One tree damaged a truck.”
• Tooele County, UT (near Wendover Af Aux Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 76 mph
  “Multiple sensors in the Wendover area recorded severe wind gusts from a thunderstorm that passed through the area, including peak gusts of 76 mph at the Wendover AWOS, 63 mph at the Interstate 80 at Milepost 1 sensor, and 59 mph at Wendover Peak.”

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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