Storm reports for December 28, 2016

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On December 28, 2016, 14 hail, 1 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 2 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Madison County, TN.

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 (14)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $185,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (16 events in 2 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Madison County, TN (near Jackson) · Hail 1.75″ · $60,000
  “Golf-ball sized hail reported in downtown and the east side of Jackson. Approximately 20 to 30 patrol cars received hail damage in a parking lot. Damage consisted of mostly dings and dents. No broken windows were reported. Report also received by Broadcast Media and County Official.”
• Madison County, TN (near Lawrence) · Hail 1.75″ · $60,000
  “Several automobiles sustained hail damage on Pinnacle drive near Highway 70.”
• Jackson County, GA (near Red Stone) · Tornado EF1 · $50,000
  “A National Weather Service storm survey found that an EF-1 tornado, associated with a nocturnal supercell thunderstorm within a broken line of storms, produced damage south of the city of Jefferson in Jackson County.”
• Coweta County, GA (near Arnco Mills) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $15,000
  “The Coweta County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down across the county. Several roads were blocked by downed trees and one tree fell onto a house causing some damage.”
• Robertson County, TN (near Chestnut Grove) · Hail 1.00″
  “Quarter size hail was reported by a trained spotter 6 miles south of Springfield.”
• Humphreys County, TN (near Cedar Grove) · Hail 1.00″
  “Humphreys County emergency management received a report of quarter size hail 10 miles ESE of New Johnsonville.”

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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