Storm reports for September 1, 2017

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On September 1, 2017, 18 hail, 60 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Wake County, NC.

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 (18)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $12.2 million in property damage and $2,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (81 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Wake County, NC (near Fuquay Spgs) · Hail 2.75″ · $10 million
  “Hail up to 2.75 inches in diameter fell along a swath from 2 miles west-southwest of Fuquay-Varina to 3 miles north of Angier. Multiple trees were also blown down along the swath. Damage estimates have been estimated.”
• Harnett County, NC (near Angier) · Hail 2.75″ · $2 million
  “Hail up to 2.75 inches fell across northern Harnett County. Property damage values have been estimated.”
• Lee County, NC (near Sanford) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $75,000
  “Numerous trees were blown down along a swath from north of Sanford to approximately 3 miles southeast of Sanford. One tree was blown down onto a car and another tree was blown down onto a house. Two additional structures reported damage with a roof collapse.”
• Hoke County, NC (near Montrose) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $25,000
  “Rear flank downdraft winds uplifted and ripped a roof off of an outdoor building. There was also some roof damage to the primary home on the property. The downdraft winds also resulted in approximately 50 snapped pine trees in the neighboring Calloway Forest Preserve.”
• Wayne County, NC (near Dobbersville) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $15,000
  “A large, live oak tree fell on a mobile home at 512 Crows Foot Road near Grantham School Road.”
• Lee County, NC (near Tramway) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $8,000
  “Numerous trees were blown down along a swath from Tramway to Sanford.”

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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