Storm reports for April 24, 2014

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On April 24, 2014, 60 hail, 21 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Holmes County, MS.

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 (60)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $668,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (83 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Winston County, MS (near Louisville) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $300,000
  “Five businesses and fifteen homes had been damaged by strong wind gusts and blown down trees. The damage occurred throughout the county mainly along the Highway 14 corridor.”
• Holmes County, MS (near Lexington) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $150,000
  “Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. It was reported by the Sheriffs Office.”
• Garland County, AR (near Fountain Lake (Unincorporated)) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $50,000
  “Dozens of large trees and power lines were blown down on Park Ave. (Arkansas 7). It was many hours before the highway could be reopened. Ironically, on May 5, 2011, trees blew down on this same stretch of road, resulting in the death of a motorist.”
• Attala County, MS (near Mc Cool) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $35,000
  “A couple of trees were blown down. Each had fallen on a house and a pickup truck. A hothouse was damaged along Highway 411.”
• Jackson County, IL (near Mt Carbon) · Tornado EF1 · $35,000
  “The tornado damage was mostly along Highway 127, where a large portion of a farm shed roof was blown off. The metal roofing and attached wooden roof framing was lofted into trees up to several hundred feet away. A large utility pole was broken along Highway 127.”
• Halifax County, NC (near Essex) · Tornado EF1 · $35,000
  “Approximately 20 pines were snapped halfway up near NC Highway 43 where the tornado first touched down. At this point the tornado crossed through a heavily wooded area before crossing Ita road.”

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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