Storm reports for July 17, 2014

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On July 17, 2014, 5 hail, 4 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Lincoln County, NM.

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 (5)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $30,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (9 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Otero County, NM (near Alamogordo) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $20,000
  “Reports of trees down across the county from winds. Car windows were broken and a roof was blown off a trailer home in Alamogordo. A transformer fell into a tree and the tree then fell into a house. About 2000 people in the area were without power for several hours.”
• Bexar County, TX (near Balcones Hgts) · Thunderstorm wind 49 mph · $10,000
  “A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph that damaged a roof at the Broad Viewe Apartments in Balcones Heights area of San Antonio.”
• Lincoln County, NM (near Encinoso) · Thunderstorm wind 76 mph
  “The CSBF Transwestern Pump recorded a gust to 76 mph from a massive storm moving to the south.”
• Beaverhead County, MT (near (Mqm)Monida) · Thunderstorm wind 61 mph
  “High wind gusts, measured at 53KT (61 MPH), were reported at the Monida Pass DoT sensoron Interstate 15.”
• Lincoln County, NM (near Pine Lodge) · Hail 1.00″
  “Hail ranging from nickel to quarter size was reported on Highway 246 by a storm chaser.”
• Angelina County, TX (near Alco) · Hail 0.88″
  “Nickel size hail was reported north of Huntington, Texas.”

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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