Storm reports for August 5, 2014

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On August 5, 2014, 29 hail, 27 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Tompkins County, NY.

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 (29)

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 (56 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Worcester County, MA (near Baptist Corners) · Thunderstorm wind 52 mph · $15,000
  “Multiple trees and wires were downed along a 1.3 mile stretch of Richmond Road in Royalston.”
• Tompkins County, NY (near Cayuga Hgts) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5,000
  “Several trees were blown down on Route 89.”
• Rutland County, VT (near Fair Haven) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $1,000
  “Tree and several other limbs down on Swamp road.”
• Rutland County, VT (near Poultney) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $1,000
  “A few large limbs, grater than 8 inches in diameter downed by thunderstorm winds.”
• Chittenden County, VT (near Shelburne) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $1,000
  “Isolated Large Willow tree downed by brief thunderstorm winds.”
• Dallas County, MO (near Urbana Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “A large tree was blown down across a road and several large branches were broken.”

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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