Storm reports for July 5, 2016

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On July 5, 2016, 75 hail, 268 damaging-wind and 10 tornado reports were logged across 16 states. The largest hail reported was 3.00″ (teacup size) in Big Stone County, MN.

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 (75)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $6.5 million in property damage and $555,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (353 events in 16 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Hennepin County, MN (near Rogers) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $2 million
  “A storm survey revealed that damaging straight line winds caused sporadic tree damage and a six mile long string of transmission lines to be destroyed. The worst damage was concentrated in the southern part of the Crow-Hassan County Park, north of County Road 109.”
• Pepin County, WI (near Arkansaw) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $500,000
  “Significant straight line wind damage occurred west and northwest of Durand, in the Towns of Waterville and Waubeek. Trees were downed from several miles west of Arkansaw to north-northwest of Durand, near Highway 25. Some of the worst damage was near County Road D and Highway 25.”
• Hennepin County, MN (near Osseo) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $500,000
  “The Maple Grove hospital had structural damage to their building. Pavers from an upper roof blew off and penetrated a roof below. This caused rain to seep into patient rooms and to the 1st floor imaging and PCC.”
• Pepin County, WI (near Porcupine) · Tornado EF1 · $500,000
  “A tornado was embedded within a broader mesocyclone that was sometimes three miles wide (see separate entry for the wind damage from the mesocyclone). The tornado itself moved east, hitting two farmsteads where barns and sheds were destroyed.”
• Buffalo County, WI (near Cream) · Tornado EF1 · $260,000
  “An EF-1 tornado passed through rural Buffalo County north of Cream. The tornado was on the ground for about three-quarters of a mile and damaged a house and some outbuildings, including a large machine shed.”
• Wright County, MN (near Monticello) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $250,000
  “A pole barn was destroyed west of Monticello, on County Road 39.”

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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