Storm reports for July 27, 2014

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On July 27, 2014, 214 hail, 298 damaging-wind and 12 tornado reports were logged across 22 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Leslie County, KY.

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 (214)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $57.8 million in property damage, $54,000 in crop damage and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (526 events in 22 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Swain County, NC (near Birdtown) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5,000 · 1 death
  “Broadcast media reported a 53-year-old man was extricated from his vehicle then later died from injuries suffered after a tree fell on his vehicle as he was traveling along Old Number 4/Jess Nations Rd. Other trees were reported down in the area as well.”
• Oakland County, MI (near Clyde) · Hail 2.00″ · $2 million
  “A mobile home park was damaged, with 80 percent of the homes suffering broken windows.”
• Burlington County, NJ (near Lake Pine) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $1 million
  “A severe thunderstorm tore down several trees and caused wind damage in the Hoot Owl subdivision of Medford Township. Two homes suffered major damage and were uninhabitable. A tree fell onto a home on Christopher Mills Road. About four or five other homes suffered shingle or siding damage.”
• Fayette County, KY (near Viley) · Thunderstorm wind 85 mph · $100,000
  “A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed that a microburst associated with a supercell brought widespread damaging winds along a path beginning near Masterson Station Park and ending near Highlands Park. Golf ball sized hail also fell along this path.”
• Wetzel County, WV (near New Martinsville Arp) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $100,000
  “A NWS Storm Survey found a micro-burst occurred in New Martinsville. Maximum winds were estimated to be around 80 MPH. Many trees were uprooted and snapped, as well as damage to roofs and the exteriors of homes.”
• Highland County, OH (near Hoagland) · Tornado EF0 · $80,000
  “The tornado touched down on a residential drive about a quarter mile north of SR 138, where it brought down a couple of large trees. It then continued southeast across a field and crossed SR 138 where it downed a large tree and other branches, snapped 3 pine trees several feet above the ground…”

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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