Storm reports for July 16, 2014

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On July 16, 2014, 21 hail, 10 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Las Animas County, CO.

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 (21)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $0 in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (34 events in 3 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Tom Green County, TX (near Carlsbad) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · 1 injury
  “A powerful microburst struck about 5 miles northeast of Grape Creek and produced one injury and extensive damage across the Indian Creek neighborhood located near the intersection of Glass Road and Grape Creek Road.”
• Columbia County, FL (near Ellisville) · Thunderstorm wind 46 mph · $0
  “A tree was blown down and some trees limbs were blown on a shed. The cost of property damage was unknown and estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.”
• McCulloch County, TX (near Melvin) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph
  “The Melvin postal worker reported damaging thunderstorm winds removed all of the roof decking from a residence, a hay barn was completely destroyed, a 100 year old oak tree was toppled, and two telephone poles were downed.”
• Callahan County, TX (near Cross Plains) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph
  “The Cross Plains fire department reported numerous trees down or uprooted. The largest tree was 28 inches in diameter and 30 feet long. Power lines were also down.”
• Sherman County, TX (near Lautz) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph
  “A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over northern Sherman County during the evening hours of the 16th. As this storm moved southeastward towards the town of Gruver (Hansford County), a storm chaser estimated a 70 mph wind gust 14 miles west-southwest of Gruver (Sherman County).”
• Sherman County, TX (near Mallett) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph
  “A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over northern Sherman County during the evening hours of the 16th. As this storm moved southeastward over the town of Stratford (Sherman County), a trained storm spotter reported an estimated 70 mph thunderstorm gust which downed power lines on US Highway…”

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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