Storm reports for October 13, 2014

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On October 13, 2014, 24 hail, 217 damaging-wind and 35 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Chicot County, AR.

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 (24)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $6.6 million in property damage, $250,000 in crop damage, 5 injuries and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (283 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Walker County, AL (near Burnwell) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · 1 death · 1 injury
  “Elderly woman killed when a tree fell on a mobile home located on Creel Street in the town of Dora.”
• Cullman County, AL (near Phelan) · Thunderstorm wind 100 mph · $100,000 · 2 injuries
  “A wide swath of hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted between Good Hope and South Vinemont. Many trees fell on homes causing extensive roof/structural damage. Several businesses in Cullman sustained minor roof damage.”
• Mississippi County, AR (near Osceola Harwell Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 78 mph · $150,000 · 1 injury
  “Straight line winds produced minor damage to homes in a residential neighborhood and to several businesses mainly from shingle damage or from falling trees. The most significant damage was to a convenience store which had the roof shifted off which then caused a load bearing wall to collapse.”
• Colbert County, AL (near Tuscumbia) · Tornado EF1 · 1 injury
  “A tornado initially touched down in downtown Tuscumbia, near the intersection of 6th Street and Main Street, where two roofs were peeled off nearby businesses.”
• Ouachita Parish, LA (near Cheniere) · Tornado EF2 · $3.8 million
  “A National Weather Service Storm Survey crew determined that the damage across Monroe was consisted with that of an EF-2 Tornado. A tornado touched down in North Central Ouachita Parish as an embedded supercell thunderstorm within a squall line.”
• Ouachita Parish, LA (near Okaloosa) · Tornado EF1 · $250,000
  “A National Weather Service Storm Survey crew determined than an EF-1 tornado touched down in Ouachita Parish. This tornado track began near the intersection of the western branch of Murry Circle, snapping numerous trees at it crossed Eastern Murry Circle and Gardner Road.”

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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