Storm reports for August 30, 2014

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On August 30, 2014, 11 hail, 21 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Harding County, SD.

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 (11)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $89,000 in property damage, $8,000 in crop damage, 1 injury and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (32 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• West Feliciana Parish, LA (near St Francisville) · Thunderstorm wind 52 mph · 1 death
  “A St. Francisville man was killed after a pecan tree fell on his truck as he was pulling out of his driveway. The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff indicated the incident occurred about 11:30 a.m. during a storm. The 64-year-old driver was driving his pick-up truck away from his barn in St.”
• Polk County, GA (near Rockmart) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $10,000 · 1 injury
  “The 911 Center reported numerous trees down in the eastern part of the county, especially near Rockmart. The Emergency Manager reported a tree down on a house. The occupant of the house suffered a head injury and was transported to the hospital. Another house had its roof partially blown off.”
• DeKalb County, AL (near Arona) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $40,000
  “The Mount Zion Church was heavily damaged near the intersection of County roads 2 and 479 in the Aroney, Alabama community due to thunderstorm winds. A barn was also damaged, and another destroyed, in the Aroney community near the intersection of County roads 26 and 479.”
• Pinellas County, FL (near Bay Pines) · Thunderstorm wind 52 mph · $20,000
  “Pinellas County Emergency Management reported 5 mobile homes on Park Street North experienced minor thunderstorm wind damage, with 2 additional units sustaining severe damage.”
• DeKalb County, AL (near Bankhead) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $5,000
  “A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along County roads 89 and 106, about a mile west-southwest of Mentone, Alabama.”
• Harding County, SD (near Camp Crook) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $5,000
  “Wind-driven hail broke all the windows of a house.”

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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