Storm reports for July 3, 2015

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On July 3, 2015, 26 hail, 102 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Albany County, WY.

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 (26)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.3 million in property damage and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (128 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Wilkinson County, GA (near Toomsboro) · Thunderstorm wind 52 mph · 1 death
  “A Macon television news station reported that a 12 year old boy was killed while camping when a large branch was blown out of the top of a tree landing on the tent where the boy and his family were fishing.”
• Plumas County, CA (near Chester Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 49 mph · $525,000
  “Wind damage was focused on Lake Almanor Peninsula and Lake Almanor West with reports of trees into 3 homes, downed power lines, a propane release and other damages. Major damage was done to one home, minor damage to 2 other homes on the Peninsula.”
• Gray County, KS (near Ingalls) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $350,000
  “Six center pivot sprinklers (out of 33 in this county) were overturned in this vicinity.”
• Plumas County, CA (near Almanor) · Thunderstorm wind 49 mph · $150,000
  “Wind brought a tree and power lines down near the intersection of Almanor Drive and Pole Line Road.”
• Gray County, KS (near Montezuma) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $75,000
  “A center pivot was overturned by the high wind at this location.”
• Burke County, GA (near Waynesboro) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $54,000
  “EM reported some trees down along Hwy 24 a couple miles west of Waynesboro and also in Waynesboro. A car port at a gas station/convenience store was badly damaged, a couple trees fell on homes and one fell on a vehicle.”

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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