Storm reports for January 21, 2017

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On January 21, 2017, 76 hail, 106 damaging-wind and 61 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 3.50″ (teacup size) in Catahoula Parish, LA. Tornadoes killed 11.

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 (76)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $9.3 million in property damage, $200,000 in crop damage, 54 injuries and 11 deaths from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (258 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Cook County, GA (near Greggs) · Tornado EF3 · $1.5 million · 7 deaths · 45 injuries
  “This is a continuation of the northeast Brooks county tornado. The tornado then continued into Cook County. Still at EF-3 strength, it swept about 35 manufactured homes into a pile of rubble at the far end of the Sunshine Acres mobile home park. Seven people lost their lives.”
• Berrien County, GA (near New Lois) · Tornado EF3 · $500,000 · 2 deaths
  “The EF3 tornado from northeast Brooks and Cook counties progressed into Berrien County where it completely removed the second story of a wood frame home on South Coffee Road. Just up the road, a well-strapped double wide home was completely removed and tossed into nearby trees and hedges.”
• Brooks County, GA (near Sand Hill) · Tornado EF3 · $500,000 · 2 deaths
  “This was the second tornado to touch down from the same parent tornado that impacted Thomas and northwest Brooks Counties. The tornado touched down at EF-1 strength in northern Brooks County near Georgia Route 122 just west of the Moultrie Highway, snapping trees along the highway.”
• Thomas County, GA (near Pasco) · Tornado EF2 · $250,000 · 3 injuries
  “This tornado was the first of two produced by the same thunderstorm that moved across South Georgia early Sunday morning. The tornado initially touched down just west of US-19 in Thomas County and then moved NE across mainly rural areas of the county.”
• Marion County, TX (near Smithland) · Tornado EF2 · $800,000 · 1 injury
  “An EF-2 tornado with maximum winds estimated near 130 mph touched down near Highway 49 just west of the Smithland community, snapping and uprooting numerous trees and downing power lines as it tracked northeast across Highway 43 just north of its intersection of Highway 49.”
• Bossier Parish, LA (near Antrim) · Tornado EF2 · $800,000 · 1 injury
  “An EF-2 tornado with maximum estimated winds near 115 mph touched down just east of Plain Dealing along Pleasant Hill Cemetary Road where it uprooted numerous trees and downed power lines.”

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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