Storm reports for July 1, 2020

IndependentNot affiliated with NOAA or the National Weather Service. Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports; NOAA MRMS radar hail estimates (MESH) via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; 2020 Census housing units. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

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On July 1, 2020, 23 hail, 72 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 21 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Anne Arundel County, MD. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 1,000 square miles containing about 39,000 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 (23)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $392,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (97 events in 21 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Seward County, KS (near Kismet) · Tornado EF1 · $200,000
  “A detailed storm survey was done on this tall and very visible tornado. Pivot irrigation sprinklers, power poles and crops were impacted.”
• Campbell County, VA (near Bocock) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $60,000
  “A swath of thunderstorm wind damage occurred, beginning just south of the City of Lynchburg, and paralleled US 501 (Campbell Highway), south to just north of Rustburg. Within this swath trees were reported blown down.”
• Independence County, AR (near Gray) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $20,000
  “Three chicken houses sustained roof damage three miles south of the town of Cave City.”
• Ozark County, MO (near Tecumseh) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $15,000
  “The electric cooperative reported limbs and power lines down near Tecumseh.”
• Bibb County, GA (near Payne City) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $12,000
  “The Bibb County 911 center reported a tree blown down onto a home on Sherbrooke Drive. No injuries were reported.”
• Newton County, MS (near Decatur) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $12,000
  “A few trees and power lines were blown down in Decatur.”

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