Storm reports for July 9, 2015

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On July 9, 2015, 15 hail, 154 damaging-wind and 10 tornado reports were logged across 19 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Cimarron County, OK.

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 (15)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.9 million in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (179 events in 19 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Berks County, PA (near Jalappa) · Tornado EF1 · $750,000 · 1 injury
  “An EF1 tornado occurred in Tilden Township in Berks County and injured one person. The tornado touched down near Stone Road and moved eastnortheast, passing through the Blue Mountain Academy before crossing Mountain Road into a campground area before lifting.”
• New Castle County, DE (near Garfield Park) · Tornado EF0 · $200,000
  “An EF-0 tornado occurred in eastern New Castle County in Minquadale (Brandywine Hundred). | |The tornado touched down near a trailer park off of New Castle Avenue. Eight units of the mobile home village and apartments on New Castle Avenue were damaged. A downed transformer went through one bedroom.”
• Benton County, AR (near Gentry) · Tornado EF1 · $150,000
  “This tornado destroyed a double-wide modular home, damaged seven permanent homes, destroyed a metal-framed outbuilding, snapped or uprooted numerous trees, and blew down power poles. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.”
• Lycoming County, PA (near Farragut) · Tornado EF1 · $100,000
  “A National Weather Service survey team concluded that an EF1 tornado touched down northeast of Montoursville on Quaker State Road. The tornado traveled east-northeastward for about 3/4 of a mile before lifting near the intersection of Clarence Fry Road and Simpler Hollow Road.”
• Chester County, PA (near Honey Brook) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $50,000
  “A line of severe thunderstorms tore down numerous trees and wires across the northern tier of Chester County.”
• Montgomery County, PA (near Pottstown) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $50,000
  “A line of strong to severe thunderstorms tore down trees and wires across the northeast half of Montgomery County.”

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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