Storm reports for July 20, 2015

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On July 20, 2015, 8 hail, 57 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 18 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Tulsa 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 (8)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $533,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (66 events in 18 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• De Baca County, NM (near Chilili) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $250,000
  “Several rail cars toppled off the tracks of a BNSF train near Fort Sumner.”
• Lancaster County, SC (near Pleasant Hill) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $85,000
  “EM reported trees and powerlines down, several homes damaged, one with the roof torn off part of the backside of the home, several outbuildings and a turkey barn were badly damaged, and a chain link fence was blown down.”
• Caldwell County, KY (near Princeton) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $50,000
  “A microburst with peak winds estimated near 80 mph raked parts of Caldwell County. Dozens of tree limbs and at least a dozen trees were blown down. Power lines were downed by a fallen tree. The roof of a farm shed was blown off. Two windows were blown out of a storefront in downtown Princeton.”
• Richmond County, GA (near Augusta) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $24,000
  “WRDW reported a tree fell on a home causing some damage.”
• Muhlenberg County, KY (near Greenville) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $15,000
  “Trees and power lines were blown down, resulting in spotty power outages.”
• Aiken County, SC (near New Ellenton) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $14,000
  “Aiken Electric reported trees and powerlines down causing outages in the New Ellenton area. A woman also reported that a microburst moved her motor home 4 feet causing some damage and that there were trees and powerlines down.”

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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