Storm reports for January 13, 2020

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On January 13, 2020, 3 hail, 4 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 5 states. The largest hail reported was 1.25″ (half dollar size) in Monroe County, KY. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 171 square miles containing about 12,000 homes.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Colored areas are NOAA MRMS radar estimates of the largest hail (MESH) over the day, lower 48 states only; radar overestimates and underestimates size, so read it with the ground reports.

Storm reports by state

Cities with the largest radar-estimated hail

Counties by homes inside 1″+ radar-estimated hail

Homes are 2020 Census housing units and people are 2020 Census residents, counted by block group where its center of population lies under radar-estimated hail of 1 inch or larger.

Hail reports (3)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $539,000 in property damage and 3 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (10 events in 5 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Sampson County, NC (near Taylors Bridge) · Thunderstorm wind 85 mph · $250,000 · 3 injuries
  “Damage in the form of snapped and uprooted trees to the west of |Union Intermediate School structure, along with the more significant roof uplift |and partial outer wall collapse of the schools gymnasium occurred |in a clear fan-like fashion.”
• Horry County, SC (near Loris) · Tornado EF0 · $200,000
  “The tornado developed near the Loris High School football field|and tracked near the visitor side bleachers and tree line. A mobile|trailer was flipped over and a few pine trees snapped off.”
• Wayne County, NC (near Mt Olive) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $25,000
  “Damage to a structure was reported at Baker Chapel Church Road and Thunder Swap Road.”
• Pike County, GA (near Reidsboro) · Tornado EF0 · $25,000
  “A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with peak winds of 80 mph and a maximum path width of 100 yards touched down in the 500 block of Wood Creek Road southwest of Williamson in northern Pike County.”
• Spalding County, GA (near Walker Mill) · Tornado EF0 · $24,000
  “A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with peak winds of 85 mph and a maximum path width of 50 yards touched down around the intersection of Oxford Road and Jessica Drive.”
• Wayne County, NC (near Dudley) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000
  “Trees and power poles were reported down in the community of Dudley.”

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.

Guides: What radar-estimated hail (MESH) is and isn't · Storm reports: preliminary vs final