Storm reports for July 29, 2014

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On July 29, 2014, 6 hail, 7 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Lake 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 (6)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $43,000 in property damage and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (13 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Baca County, CO (near Vilas) · Thunderstorm wind 109 mph · $30,000 · 1 death
  “High end EF1 damage occurred with a very compact microburst. A manufactured home was completely destroyed, along with three power poles.”
• Marion County, IN (near Speedway) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $5,000
  “WISH-TV relayed a report of trees down at 10th and Lynhurst Drive, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.”
• Waukesha County, WI (near Waukesha Co Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $5,000
  “A downburst produced a sporadic north to south path of wind damage on the west side of Waukesha. Several large trees were knocked down with one tree partially uprooted. Some shingles were removed from home roofs.”
• Kenosha County, WI (near Salem) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $3,000
  “A southward moving west to east oriented gust front downed several trees just east of Silver Lake and southward to Camp Lake. One tree landed on a car.”
• Cimarron County, OK (near Kenton) · Thunderstorm wind 71 mph
  “A dissipating thunderstorm crossed the New Mexico and Oklahoma state line shortly before midnight of the 30th. This thunderstorm produced a 71 mph downburst wind which was sampled by the Oklahoma Mesonet site 5 miles southeast of Kenton (Cimarron County).”
• Brevard County, FL (near Titusville Beach) · Thunderstorm wind 62 mph
  “A severe thunderstorm produced localized wind gusts up to 62 mph on a Kennedy Space Center barrier island, less than one mile from the Atlantic coast.”

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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